video viewing in kde

[Amir Tal]

On Wednesday 16 October 2002 07:08 pm, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> On Wednesday, 16. October 2002 18:34, gabriel wrote:
> > i just want to watch the new lord of the rings trailer in kde.  but
> > it's in quicktime format.  i emerged (i'm using gentoo) openquicktime
> > but i still can't view it.  when using konqueror, the play, stop etc.
> > buttons appear, but no video, and the play is grayed out.  what am i
> > doing wrong?
>
> Nothing.
> Movie Trailers use a codec that is patented by Apple and they didn't
> release a Linux version of their player.
>
> Cheers,
> kevin

you can, however, get the crossover office (or crossover plugin, dont remember 
which..) from codeweavers (http://www.codeweavers.com) which has quick time 
support for linux.

its commercial though...

tal.

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