Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:23:39 +0100 From: Danny Woods <dannywoodz@SPAM.yahoo.KILLER.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows Media (blech!) Message-ID: <20031014082339.GA10156@khisanth.local> In-Reply-To: <200310132224.09466.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com> References: <BAY8-F44MfgZUr3CrJR00001b5f@hotmail.com> <200310132224.09466.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com>
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On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 10:24:09PM -0400, Todd Stephens wrote: > On Monday 13 October 2003 09:52 pm, Evan Dower wrote: > > Is there a way to watch Windows Media files on FreeBSD? I noticed > > NetShow, but it seems to be defunct/missing. > > Many thanks, > > haven't had much luck playing anything other than mpeg with Mplayer. YMMV. I've had great success with MPlayer with up-to-date Windows Media files: same goes for Quicktime's Sorenson 3 codec. Unfortunately, compiling MPlayer is a bit of a pain, as the Windows codecs are pulled in from elsewhere. Best place to look for details on this would be the MPlayer homepage: http://www.mplayerhq.hu Regards, Danny.
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