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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 11:59:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris <chrismar@shasta.eclipse.net>
To: Christopher Taylor <chris@thedial.com>
Cc: Christoph Sold <cs@cheasy.de>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Video formats on FreeBSD
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Does the windows media player even work under wine?

Chris

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Christopher Taylor wrote:

> Christoph Sold wrote:
> >=20
> > Nick LoPresti writes:
> >  > I posted a message earlier(Subject: .asf files) but no one replied. =
 Don't
> >  > worry guys, I understand.
> >  > My question sorta changed anyways...  here goes:
> >  > Is there a way to play .asf files on FreeBSD?  It is Micro$oft's str=
eaming
> >  > video format(or something like that).  I imagine you have to install
> >  > something and run it under X.  I just can't seem to find this oh so
> >  > wonderful program.  Thanks for the help guys.
> >=20
> > Since nobody answered yet, I guess there is nothing supporting this
> > M$-private format. Following digital video closely, I never saw
> > anything supporting this format but DOS-enhancers. Anyway, it won=B4t
> > play under most Winblows boxes, too ;-)
> >=20
> > Seriously: There seems to be nothing compatible with Microsoft=B4s .asf
> > format. IMHO, this was done intentionally. OTOH, to get any streaming
> > format working, you have to use one of a few known compression
> > methods, only the compression parameters vary. So if you can get hold
> > of the format, it would be relatively easy to adapt existing video
> > decompressors.
>=20
> The closest you're going to get is the Windows Media Player under
> 'wine'. Keep track of Linux though...who knows when someone will hack a
> player for the Linux platform...
>=20
> --Chris
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