On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 05:46:32PM -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > On Friday 30 September 2005 5:36 pm, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > So I went and installed: > > mplayer-1.0.0-0.20050916.1.fc4.ut > > mplayer-libs-1.0.0-0.20050916.1.fc4.ut > > > > And this is what happened. When I opened a movie trailer I got by > > e-mail I got the sound but not the picture. > > > > Then I went to www.css.com and tried to play their video. An error > > message that it could not find Windows media player. > > > > So what do I do now.? > are the libs the same as the codecs? if not, you need to install those - I've > got it working and never installed any libs to my knowledge, though they may > have been installed as dependencies. Codecs are available at mplayer's site. > You need to get the 'all' package and put them in /usr/lib/win32 > > -- > Claude Jones > Bluemont, VA, USA I am still confused. I downloaded all-20050412.tar which is supposed to have the codecs. Untared this and put the files contained in all-20050412 directory in /usr/lib/win32 >From www.cnn.com it still asks me for the Windows media player. Where have I gone wrong? -- ======================================================================= President Reagan has noted that there are too many economic pundits and forecasters and has decided on an excess prophets tax. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
