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

[Basil Chupin]

On 13/12/2010 16:10, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:38:16 +0530
> Tapas Mishra<mightydreams at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> 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. Â I don't think
>>> this will work other than on Windows. Â I cannot believe there are
>>> still sites out there using ActiveX Controls. Â 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 ?
>>
> Just today I found that Wine is starting to support ActiveX just a wee
> tiny little bitty bit:
> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/12/wine-1-3-9-brings-beginnings-of-activex-support/
> and even more:
> http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.3.9
>
> Why not test it out?  Who knows, it might just work!

And you will also of course have a virus scanning program installed for 
it to check what ActiveX may be up to, right? :-) .

BC

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