On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 13:09 +0530, Nishit Dave wrote: > On 4/12/07, Pranav Peshwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Agree with Kaustubh,use mplayer. > > Get mplayer, get the essential codec pack,uncompress and put it into > > /usr/lib/win32/ or other appropriate place and play all kinds of media > > :) > > A slightly different approach would be to use something like > > zamzar.com and get the file(s) transcoded... or do it yourself using > > mencoder :)>- > > > > > I believe it is rather unethical to use Windows dlls in this manner. > Especially if you have embraced Linux as a matter of principle, not price. > Further, doing so removes the incentive for people trying to reverse > engineer proprietary codecs, and finally harms the open standards / source > philosophy. > > I have used vlc quite often for playing flv files, and it works > satisfactorily.
mplayer does not need win32 codecs to play flv file. user is probably talking about obscure formats such as vmware video . > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail > Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions. -- Ritesh Khadgaray ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919970164885 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
