From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 10 16:08:03 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A2DA16A4CE for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:08:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from netbox.yi.org (ip-216-23-53-187.adsl.one.net [216.23.53.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 910B843D5E for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:08:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from exp@netbox.yi.org) Received: from netbox.yi.org (netbox.yi.org [127.0.0.1]) by netbox.yi.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3AG81XG037005; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 12:08:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from exp@netbox.yi.org) Received: (from exp@localhost) by netbox.yi.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j3AG81BN037004; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 12:08:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from exp) Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 12:08:00 -0400 From: exp@netbox.yi.org To: "Edwin D. Vinas" Message-ID: <20050410160800.GA93513@netbox.yi.org> References: <36f5bbba050410054441c0fb50@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <36f5bbba050410054441c0fb50@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what application is needed to open a video streaming site X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:08:03 -0000 On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 05:44:01AM -0700, Edwin D. Vinas wrote: > Hi, > > I like viewing the streaming videos in this site [ > http://nextsteps.org/video/] using WinXP/Windows Media Player. But, now I > have to shift to FreeBSD-5.3 and I would still want to view these > educational streaming videos. I know mplayer, xmms, kaboodle, etc. which are > the multimedia players in FreeBSD/KDE environment. Can anyone point me to a > tutorial on how to open streaming videos using FreeBSD-5.3 and KDE-3.xdesktop? > > I saw that the file extension is .wvx which is a Windows Media Audio/Video > shortcut. Is there an application in FreeBSD that can open such audio/video > format? mplayer can play Windows Media Player files. There's also a browser plugin for it in the ports called mplayerplug-in. > > Also, if I need to view real player format of streaming video, what program > do I need to install in FreeBSD? Real doesn't offer binaries for FreeBSD. You'll have to install linux emulation and use the linux version of realplayer. The multimedia section of the handbook will give more details: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia.html > > Thank you very much! > -Edwin > -- > -- > Edwin D. Vi?as > http://www.geocities.com/edwin_vinas/ > IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE, > NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. > -- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >