Hi, Of course you can play wmv streams in ubuntu (I am playing one right as we speak). please see this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
Jussi On 11/1/07, Beepo / Vanguard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > It should be possible to run Windows media player with Ubuntu using > wine. At least the Crossover (commercial wine front end) fully supports > it and works well on my RHEL5 based work laptop. > > Of course you can try for example mplayer with windows codecs (available > at mplayer home page) but I'm not sure how well they will work with streams. > > Here in Finland there's also some broadcasting companies that provide > the material only in windows formats. Their argument is that only the > windows formats are possible to protect against unauthorized copying. Hrm... > > BR: > -Beepo > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:21:45 -0500 > > From: "Raja Krishnamoorthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Is there a way to play Windows Media Player Stream > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hi all, > > For some reason CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp) insists on provinding > > only Window Media Player stream when attempting to listen live - unlike the > > NPR/PBS counterpart where they offer real, wmp, etc. > > > > Is there a codec or a way to play this stream in Ubuntu-Studio? I have K3b > > and realplayer installed, > > > > Of course if all else fails I have to install Windows in a VMWare partition. > > > > Thanks > > Raja > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/attachments/20071031/000741dc/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 03:26:52 -0400 (EDT) > > From: "Paul DeShaw"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Not a question; I just think this is cool > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I was very pleased to see this wiki on Ubuntu Club, a Thai site dedicated > > to Ubuntu: http://wiki.ubuntuclub.com/wiki/UbuntuStudio > > > > > > > > I'm a former resident of that country, and was just happy to see Thais > > adopting Ubuntu Studio, and was thinking other users would be pleased as > > well. A lot of people are benefitting from this work. > > > > > > > > --Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > > No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. > > Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > -- > Best regards: > - Beepo > > http://www.vanguard.fi > http://www.last.fm/music/vanguard > http://myspace.com/vanguardfinland > > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
