I use kmplayer and have setup the asf and wmv mime file types to use the embedded mplayer. I originally installed it with kmplayer but I think kmplayer may now be part of kde-multimedia. I always have to select the video format before each video. I select Windows Media and it plays embedded in a konqueror window. If I select Real it usually never actually plays because Realplayer doesn't seem to embed properly. But on other sites with Real content I get a prompt to select the application to open it with and use Realplayer for Linux. I haven't dared to try the Real One player for Linux yet. The embedding also works for Quicktime movies like on the matrix site. Only problem is that recently it seems that all of the high res Quicktime clips have an error encoded into them that kills the clip a few seconds into the clip. Even the lower res Quicktime clips don't always work anymore.
on Tuesday 11 November 2003 01:42 am Harlan wrote: > I have some family members that want to switch to Gentoo Linux, they are > getting very tired of M$ windows constantly failing, slow performance, > etc. > > They like to watch the videos that on Yahoo. I have not been able to find > any > software that will play these. Any ideas??? > > I have installed Windows Media Player 6.4 under Wine, but have no idea how > to get it working with a web browser. > > I would prefer a native Linux solution. > > Thanks, > > Harlan... > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
