Re: [SLUG] Player for .mov and .rm recordings = ?I haven't

From: Eric Jahn (eric@ejahn.net)
Date: Mon Aug 25 2003 - 16:22:53 EDT


I have been successful with using mplayer/xine to view Quicktime movies saved
to disk, but never a "QTVR" web link with streaming content. Has anyone
gotten this to work? I've got an example (go to this link and click on the
multi-colored circle entitled: "See this hotel in virtual reality"
http://www.marriott.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=ATLBR&EPCEC=InProcess&EPNAVCEC=InProcess

On Monday 25 August 2003 01:05 pm, you wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
> > On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> >>I have not figured out what to play .mov recordings and Real .rm
> >> recordings
> >
> > mplayer plays some *.mov (I guess it depends on the codec used). I have
> > RealPlayer 7, and it works with most *.r[am] files.
>
> You may also link over to the RealPlayer 7 .so codec from the mplayer
> codecs directory - effectively enabling mplayer to play Real Media formats.
>
> With the latest win32codecs, the qt6 codecs have been rolled in. Mplayer
> can play most Quicktime media without problems.
>
> My biggest problem has been with bizarre Microsoft .WMV files that
> simply choke (only some though, most seem to play just fine).
>
> I used mplayer on 4 diskless linux laptops and a central Linux NFS
> "video server" to run the 4 streaming video rooms at Metrocon a month
> ago. Over 3 days of Anime, in 4 rooms, running 24 hours a day - mplayer
> chugged along with nay a glitch. I'm unaware of the same thing being
> done elsewhere.

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