video viewing in kde

[Renze de Ruiter]

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On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 05:34, 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?

It's probably encoded using the Sorensen codec which, until recently, was not 
viewable with any player for Linux. Try Xine - it has a Sorensen compatible 
codec now (I haven't tried this, so I don't know if it will work).

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