[MPlayer-users] Windows binary available yet?

[Mike Melanson]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Brian J. Murrell wrote:

> I am excited to see a port to Windows is working.  I am anxious to
> view files on Windows with the same ease and quality as on Linux.  Is
> there any plan as to when the Windows port of Mplayer will be
> generally available?

	Good news: There are already several programs freely available for
Windows that play media files with the same ease and quality as MPlayer on
Linux. In fact, it's not far-fetched to say that they work even better
than MPlayer. The first is Microsoft Media Player, available at:
  http://microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.asp
The second is Apple Quicktime Player, useful for playing all kinds of 
Quicktime files:
  http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
Both programs are available as Windows binaries and do a great job of just
working "out of the box," autodetecting your system's capabilities, etc.

	A'rpi, I'm thinking maybe this should be a FAQ entry.
-- 
	-Mike Melanson