david> Perhaps, if you provide a leeetle more info. Yes, of course!
david> What program are you using to view these videos (totem, david> mplayer, etc)? I'm running linux-2.6.8-2-686. I click links (with 'firefox') on the CNN "video site", and a new window is created. Within it is the opening "Media Player" animated logo which eventually displays the (silent) piece I've selected. "About:plugins" in 'firefox' shows, "Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library", followed by: MIME TYPE DESC SUFFIXES ENABLED application/asx Media Files * Yes video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files * Yes application/x-mplayer2 Media Files * Yes video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* Yes video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* Yes audio/x-ms-wma Media Files wma,* Yes audio/x-ms-wax Media Files wax,* Yes video/x-ms-wmv Media Files wmv,* Yes video/x-ms-wvx Media Files wvx,* Yes david> What format are they in? Not sure. david> Are you using GNOME, KDE, ... KDE. david> something else (esd, arts, plain alsa, etc)? ALSA. Another possible hint: QuickTime has the same behavior - images, but no sound. Thanks for everyone's help, -Kenneth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]