Hiya,
I mentioned a related problem to this earlier in the year (that I could
only intermittently watch the video at SMH) a little earlier in the year
and since then it's got worse.
Mplayer worked sometimes and they used to have Win or RealPlayer as an
option. Now they're just using Win.
I subscribe to the daily, so I've e-mailed them before and am now going
to write (paper that is - newspapers are a bit like Politicians: a
letter is worth dozens of e-mails) to them as well.
The best solution I've found so far is to install Opera and use the
Gxine plug-in. That works pretty well.
Mplayer has serious problem at times with the site and the Win media
files they use - Not Happy Jan!
Whatever their reasoning, it's pretty poor.
Regards,
Patrick
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Here is the link
http://media.smh.com.au/?category=news&rid=17289&rate=340&sy=smh&source=smh.com.au%2Fsiteguide%2F&t=77JP81&ac=help&player=wm6&ie=0&flash=0
1. Why has it happened?
2. Is there a workaround to stream windows media in linux?
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Re: [SLUG] smh media streaming now windows only- link
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On 1/11/2005, "linley caetan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1. Why has it happened?
Because they're idiots? I'm sure they'd say something like it makes
it easier for their users.
2. Is there a workaround to stream windows media in linux?
mplayer and xine play most Windows streams. There are also plugins
available to embed them in your browser, so the Javascript shenanigans
will probably work.
Realplayer was never that acceptable anyway. For a long time I haven't
had it installed and instead opted for WMP streams through mplayer.
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Re: [SLUG] smh media streaming now windows only- link
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doesnt windows 2003 have a media server out of the box?
likely it installed, and worked so viola good enough.
Dean
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