On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 10:08 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > On Thursday August 17 2006 9:56 am, Patrick wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 08:48 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > > > It's being reported over on the pclinuxos list that they have a new build > > > of mplayer available that eliminates the need for win32 codecs and will > > > allow the playing of proprietary media files without having to resort to > > > use of 'questionable' codecs. I've been trying to find out what exactly > > > that means. On first glance, it looks like they've got Real media working > > > without the codecs but it's not clear if that equally applies to Windows > > > Media. If this were to be true for both, that would be a great stride > > > forward, no? In my world, Windows Media is a need, not a luxury - I'm in > > > video production and Windows Media is such an integral part of my > > > workflow that it can't be replaced with the opensource alternatives. > > > > That would be great news. Do you perhaps have a link to that thread? > > Would be nice if mplayer could be compiled 64bit with those native > > codecs. Only 32bit apps that are then left on my box are flash and > > OO.org. > > > > Try this: > http://tinyurl.com/mtep9 > > -- I usually chroot to an old 32bit FC4 install in-order to view wmv files. If indeed it works, this is a -big- step forward. With gnash slowly taking shape and native 64bit OO planned for FC6, the only 32bit application I plan on running is Quake 4 :) Gilboa
