Is there a way to play Windows Media Player Stream

[Jussi Schultink]

Hi,

Of course you can play wmv streams in ubuntu (I am playing one right
as we speak). please see this page:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

Jussi

On 11/1/07, Beepo / Vanguard <beepo at vanguard.fi> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It should be possible to run Windows media player with Ubuntu using
> wine. At least the Crossover (commercial wine front end) fully supports
> it and works well on my RHEL5 based work laptop.
>
> Of course you can try for example mplayer with windows codecs (available
> at mplayer home page) but I'm not sure how well they will work with streams.
>
> Here in Finland there's also some broadcasting companies that provide
> the material only in windows formats. Their argument is that only the
> windows formats are possible to protect against unauthorized copying. Hrm...
>
> BR:
> -Beepo
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:21:45 -0500
> > From: "Raja Krishnamoorthy" <wpgraju at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Is there a way to play Windows Media Player Stream
> > To: Ubuntu-Studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> >
> > Hi all,
> >    For some reason CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp) insists on provinding
> > only Window Media Player stream when attempting to listen live - unlike the
> > NPR/PBS counterpart where they offer real, wmp, etc.
> >
> > Is there a codec or a way to play this stream in Ubuntu-Studio? I have K3b
> > and realplayer installed,
> >
> > Of course if all else fails I have to install Windows in a VMWare partition.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Raja
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> > Date: Thu,  1 Nov 2007 03:26:52 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: "Paul DeShaw"<zaltar at myway.com>
> > Subject: Not a question; I just think this is cool
> > To: ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > I was very pleased to see this wiki on Ubuntu Club, a Thai site dedicated to Ubuntu:  http://wiki.ubuntuclub.com/wiki/UbuntuStudio
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm a former resident of that country, and was just happy to see Thais adopting Ubuntu Studio, and was thinking other users would be pleased as well.  A lot of people are benefitting from this work.
> >
> >
> >
> > --Paul
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> - Beepo
>
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