what codecs are required to watch live stream on this web page

[Tapas Mishra]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 12 December 2010 06:11, Tapas Mishra <mightydreams at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A long time back I had asked this question on Ubuntu forum here
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1368950
>> at that time I was using Jaunty 32 bit.
>> Now I am using Lucid 64 bit and the situation is same.
>> I want to watch a live stream which is available here
>> http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org/shirdilivedarshan1.htm
>
> From the web page I believe this
> <OBJECT id=WMP7 style="LEFT: 110px; WIDTH: 352px; TOP: 0px; HEIGHT: 352px"
> height=352 width=352 classid=CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6>
> embeds a Windows Media Player ActiveX control in the page.  I don't
> think this will work other than on Windows.  I cannot believe there
> are still sites out there using ActiveX Controls.  I believe that It
> is a major security risk on Windows so I would not advise going there
> on a Windows machine either.
>
What is the security risk in this?
Is there a way I can see the site on Ubuntu ?