On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:54:34 +0100 Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In reply to ivette's mail, d.d. Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:43:02 +0100: > > >Is there an linux equivalent for Windows Media Player? I'm using > >latest > > If you seek to play specific Windows Media files, mplayer can handle a > number of them. I do not know if mplayer is installed by default on > mdk 9. > > Microsoft keeps changing things in the WMV format, I think, because > many of these files won't work. Either that, or my version of mplayer > is really outdated.
>From what I know, WMF is 100% the same as ASF, except that M$ claims it to be a new format of their own :-( Opening a WMV in MPlayer proves my memory as it states it's a ASF file. You should have no problems opening it with mplayer, unless you are using a version that's 2 years old, or don't have the Windows dll's in /usr/lib/win32 Plugger can be used to play media files via Mozilla using mplayer, but the truth is I have never had what I call "real success" with it. Yeah it plays DivX vids, but not QT movies. It's probably my config file for plugger that's plugged, but I never really understaood it's config either... just using the default mandrake version here. To get back to the origional question, MPlayer can handly more media types than Windows Media player, it's faster, and more configurable. The only thing is you probably have to read the manual to use it ;-) It's not hard, I promise, it just takes a bit of understanding and so on. There is also a nice GUI for it, which works quite well (I don't use it, but my girlfriend does). Greetings Ralph -- http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ http://axljab.homelinux.org:8080/ "I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them." - George H. W. Bush
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