Still clueless about multimedia

[Michael Brown]

That link plays on my system. I am using Mozilla Firebird with
MozPlugger 1.3.1 installed and MPlayer with mplayerplug-in v0.80
installed. Must admit I am not sharp enough to tell you which one is
handling the file since both plugins list .asx as supported.

On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 21:37, Asheville Joe wrote:
> I want to play (audio)
> http://www.lauralee.com/Archives/asx/081403.asx
> Mozilla gave me a glassy-eyed stare, so I saved target to disk (some 
> kind of tiny file that just points to the real thing) and tried clicking 
> on it in the file manager.  He sic'ed  xine on it which delivered 
> another glassy-eyed stare and mumbled something about not having an 
> appropriate plug-in to demultiplex it.  Not to be easily dissuaded, I 
> parried forth in turn with xmms, kaboodle, and noatun.  I think audio on 
> Linux is a fraud!  (before you get too excited, see the random quote 
> that got inserted when I composed this message ;)   )
> 
> When this happens, I just feel "stupid".
> 
> Help would be appreciated!
> 
> Joe
> 
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> I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud" --Carl Jung
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Michael Brown <mwkbrown at alltel.net>