Thanks Karl; On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 16:19 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: [snip] > I have VLC which I got from yum install and it plays EVERYTHING > including a file.wmv and I just checked as I have such a file on my > Desktop. It is far better than all the others. But it does need the > codex from Europe. I downloaded mplayer as advised with all its dependencies. It works on its own, but not as a plugin in Firefox 2.0.0.5. This is a learning curve I did not want to climb yet. I have other things to learn first. Media is of secondary importance to me so I wanted something that "just works". Oh, well -- Regards Bill