From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 30 07:41:06 2003 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 9C42116A4BF for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:41:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.foolishgames.net (ns2.foolishgames.net [216.93.162.119]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F25E43FE0 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:41:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) Received: from foolishgames.com (adsl-64-109-110-62.dsl.gdrpmi.ameritech.net [64.109.110.62]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns2.foolishgames.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7UEf4be059258; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:41:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 10:39:02 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: Hendrik Hasenbein From: Lucas Holt In-Reply-To: <3F50B4EA.4070007@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quicktime Trailers 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: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 14:41:06 -0000 The sound codec is probably the same used for the apple music store, mpeg 4 audio. The big changes in the recent windows release was the sound codec already present on mac systems for iTunes 4. If the openquicktime software doesn't have an apple style implementation of mpeg 4, you will be out of luck for most of those trailers. On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 10:30 AM, Hendrik Hasenbein wrote: > Monah Baki wrote: >> Hi all, I'm trying to setup a Freebsd 5.1 machine to be able to watch >> quicktime trailers from apple's website. I installed from ports: >> qtutils >> libquicktime >> openquicktime >> However, the site tells me I'm still missing a plugin and can't view >> the trailer. Any help will be highly appreciated. > > To get a plugin in your browser I recommend to use > ports/mplayerplug-in. That should allow you to view the trailer. If > you get no sound, don't worry. That's not your fault. Some new trailer > use an audiocodec which I only got in the latest windoze qt-player. It > won't even play sound on a Mac. > > Hendrik > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)