On 07/15/2010 06:57 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Thursday, July 15, 2010 03:45:27 JD wrote: >> I have an avi file which when played with any of the linux players: >> xine, vlc, mplayer, ffplay, totem, ...etc >> displays the message in the video window: >> Codec Error: Use Windows Media player. >> then it issues the message: Redirecting to microsoft download page. >> >> I have never seen this happen before. >> >> Has anyone else seen it? How to get around it? > Yes, I have seen it. You download a full 700 MB avi of a movie (typically via > torrent) and try to play it. It starts playing, then it displays the above > messages *hard coded inside the video stream*, and exits. > > It's a hoax, coupled with propaganda. The very same thing happens even if you > actually use Windows Media Player to play the file, on a Windows machine. > > Further, there is no workaround. The rest of the 700 MB of data is pure junk > and you wasted your time and bandwidth downloading it --- there is no movie > inside to be played. > > I didn't try to scan it for viruses/trojans/worms/malware/etc., because I > believe you cannot get infected by playing a movie in mplayer (unless mplayer > has some serious security exploit that nobody is aware of). So just drop that > file and go find a genuine one. > > HTH, :-) > Marko > Well as I said in my reply to POC, he was right. I have warned the person who sent it to me. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
