[MPlayer-users] streaming video problem

Sat Apr 29 19:13:42 CEST 2006

On Saturday, 29 April 2006 at 16:00, john znuck wrote:
> hi,
> Official or un-0fficial, it is relative.

No, it's not. Official is whatever the developers decide is.

> In Debian, mplayer is unofficial. Anyway, that's a small matter.
> I have downloaded and installed pre7 of mplayer with 'essentials' codecs
> and still have the same problem.

Pre7 is old. Use current CVS or wait a few days for the new release.

> I think it is a case of the codecs not keeping up with the format
> changes. For instance, cbsnews requires RealplayerGold10 player. Is the
> corresponding codec available in mplayer? Another site i have problem
> streaming the video is space.com. Don't know what format they use there.
> Pls let me know if you do.

Give us sample links so that we can test.

Regards,
R.

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