Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
On 02 Sep 2001 20:40:53 -0500, Jeremy Davidson wrote: > Seems to me I once got a mov file to play in Netscape. It didn't have any > playback controls (just a box centered within the working area), but it > worked (don't remember if it had sound or not -- was having soundcard > troubles at the time). This was using the PeanutLinux distro. Sorry to jump in so late on this one. The WINE project recently released a "Netscape plugin" that will take Windows-Netscape plugins and allow them to work in Linux. Specifically, I know that they had Quicktime working. This was targeted at Netscape, but since Konqueror supports Netscape plugins, then Quicktime should work in Konq as well. Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
Well I found a program on Freshmeat.net one weekend, however I could never get it to install. Not that I really gave it a diligent try, but I the few I did try, it didn't work. The app I found was quicktime4linux. -rw-r--r-- 1 timh timh 631944 Jul 27 09:06 quicktime4linux-1.3.tar.gz And here's the info from the README. Quicktime for Linux Author: Adam Williams[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: heroinewarrior.com/quicktime Requires: libpthread * This is a Quicktime library for UNIX in a freely redistributable, statically linkable library. You can statically link it in a program and charge money for the program. The only condition is that if you use it in a program, you must put the author's name and email somewhere. If you improve the library itself or add a free codec to it, you should release your improvements. If you redistribute the code, you must also redistribute the author information and documentation. At this time it's very popular to license stuff under the GPL. You are free to include this library in a derived work and license the derived work under GPL. * Building: type "make" in the quicktime/quicktime directory. type "make util" to get some Small Utilities. Configuration: The file "config.h" defines the size of a 16 bit word and what the maximum file size is. *** * References: */ Apple's quicktime file format information: http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/quicktime/qtdevdocs/REF/refQTFileFormat.htm Color space conversions: http://www.neuro.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~aly/polygon/info/color-space-faq.html Try that... maybe it will do the trick for you. But like I said, I couldn't get it to install. tdh -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Real Men Use Vi!" Uptime: 11:39pm up 18 days, 5:23, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 | hi! | | how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that | recognises quicktime files. | cheers, | | -- |, | |(o o) | +oOOO--(_)---+ | || | | H E L L M U T | | || | +---0OOO-+ | | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo | | | -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
I was very sceptical about this product (I haven't had much luck with WINE in the past), and I only bought it because CodeWeavers have a full refund policy -- for whatever reason. From my limited testing so far, QuickTime works quite well, both for local files and for streaming media (I'm watching BBC World on it right now). The MS Word viewer also seems to work reasonably well. I haven't managed to get them working as browser plugins, but I think that's a problem with my setup. I suggest that you buy the downloadable version and give it a try. If you don't like it you can always get a refund. CodeWeavers is one of those companies (like MandrakeSoft) whom I feel really deserve my money. They donate a great deal of code and expertise to the open source community. On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 05:24, Kittypuss Webmaster wrote: > If it works, would you let me know so > I won't get ripped off? > > Many thanks. > > On Sunday 02 September 2001 06:32 am, so spoke Sridhar Dhanapalan: > > Apple don't make a Quicktime player for GNU/Linux. Most Quicktime files > > are encoded with the Sorenson codec, which is patented. This means that > > the free players (e.g. Xmovie, Xanim and aKtion) are not able to play > > these files properly (sometimes you can get a garbled picture or just > > sound). You can try running the Windows player through WINE, or you can > > purchase CodeWeavers' CrossOver Plugin (which is built with WINE) for > > $US20. I actually bought this product today, but I haven't used it enough > > to make a proper decision on its quality. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
That would've been the Plugger plugin playing the QuickTime file via Xanim. The file must've been non-Sorenson. Most QuickTime files nowadays are Sorenson-encooded, and so can't be played by open source players :-( On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 11:40, Jeremy Davidson wrote: > Seems to me I once got a mov file to play in Netscape. It didn't have any > playback controls (just a box centered within the working area), but it > worked (don't remember if it had sound or not -- was having soundcard > troubles at the time). This was using the PeanutLinux distro. > > Jeremy > > > Original Message Follows > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], hellmut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [newbie] how to play mov files? > Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:32:45 +1000 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id > MHotMailBD5B9FC6004640043888D8475423786B0; Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:48:25 -0700 > Received: from yavin.mandrax.org (moseisley.mandrax.org [63.209.80.226])by > mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA16553;Sun, 2 > Sep 2001 10:48:24 -0500 > Received: by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix, from userid 500)id 9DC6A87E56; > Sun, 2 Sep 2001 08:48:14 -0700 (PDT) > Received: from mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au > (ha1.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au [203.164.2.50]) by yavin.mandrax.org > (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E13887DD9 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;Sun, > 2 Sep 2001 04:32:56 -0700 (PDT) > Received: from there ([203.164.95.102]) by mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au > (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id > <20010902113256.VPFO4715.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@there>;Sun, 2 > Sep 2001 21:32:56 +1000 > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:48:40 -0700 > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-Id: <20010902113256.VPFO4715.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@there> > X-Loop: newbie@ > X-Sequence: 332 > Precedence: list > X-Validation-BY: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 20:04, hellmut wrote: > > hi! > > > > how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that > > recognises quicktime files. > > Apple don't make a Quicktime player for GNU/Linux. Most Quicktime files are > encoded with the Sorenson codec, which is patented. This means that the > free players (e.g. Xmovie, Xanim and aKtion) are not able to play these > files properly (sometimes you can get a garbled picture or just sound). You > can try > running the Windows player through WINE, or you can purchase CodeWeavers' > CrossOver Plugin (which is built with WINE) for $US20. I actually bought > this > product today, but I haven't used it enough to make a proper decision on > its quality. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
Seems to me I once got a mov file to play in Netscape. It didn't have any playback controls (just a box centered within the working area), but it worked (don't remember if it had sound or not -- was having soundcard troubles at the time). This was using the PeanutLinux distro. Jeremy Original Message Follows From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], hellmut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] how to play mov files? Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:32:45 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBD5B9FC6004640043888D8475423786B0; Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:48:25 -0700 Received: from yavin.mandrax.org (moseisley.mandrax.org [63.209.80.226])by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA16553;Sun, 2 Sep 2001 10:48:24 -0500 Received: by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix, from userid 500)id 9DC6A87E56; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 08:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au (ha1.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au [203.164.2.50]) by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E13887DD9 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;Sun, 2 Sep 2001 04:32:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from there ([203.164.95.102]) by mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20010902113256.VPFO4715.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@there>;Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:32:56 +1000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:48:40 -0700 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <20010902113256.VPFO4715.mss.rdc2.nsw.optushome.com.au@there> X-Loop: newbie@ X-Sequence: 332 Precedence: list X-Validation-BY: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 20:04, hellmut wrote: > hi! > > how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that > recognises quicktime files. Apple don't make a Quicktime player for GNU/Linux. Most Quicktime files are encoded with the Sorenson codec, which is patented. This means that the free players (e.g. Xmovie, Xanim and aKtion) are not able to play these files properly (sometimes you can get a garbled picture or just sound). You can try running the Windows player through WINE, or you can purchase CodeWeavers' CrossOver Plugin (which is built with WINE) for $US20. I actually bought this product today, but I haven't used it enough to make a proper decision on its quality. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Michel Clasquin wrote: > On Sunday 02 September 2001 12:04, hellmut wrote: > > > how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that > > recognises quicktime files. > > You write a polite, but firm letter to Apple requestion that they port > Quicktime to Linux. Then you wait. On that note, if anyone here wishes Agent was ported to linux, Forte Inc is working on 2.0 right now, and they say they are on the fence as to making a linux port...perhaps now would be a good time to express interest...http://www.forteinc.com > > Aren't proprietary formats fun? > > peace, Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to play mov files?
On Sunday 02 September 2001 12:04, hellmut wrote: > how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that > recognises quicktime files. You write a polite, but firm letter to Apple requestion that they port Quicktime to Linux. Then you wait. Aren't proprietary formats fun? -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC "An intellectual is someone who has discovered something more interesting than sex" - Aldous Huxley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] how to play mov files?
hi! how do i play mov files with mandrake 8.0? i didn't find a program that recognises quicktime files. cheers, -- , (o o) +oOOO--(_)---+ || | H E L L M U T | || +---0OOO-+ | _ | _ | | | | | | | | | ooO Ooo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
