Use an another player that XAnim

[Mark Talluto]

On May 17, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Damien Girard wrote:

> Le mardi 17 mai 2005 à 10:25 -0700, Mark Talluto a écrit :
>
>> On May 17, 2005, at 8:42 AM, Damien Girard wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I am using revolution under Linux, and about video and audio  
>>> feature,
>>> this isn't very great for now.
>>>
>>> So, I have seen that there are the vcplayer command in runrev. So, I
>>> want to choose an another player that Xanim (who aren't supported
>>> anymore since 1999). But I didn't know a player who can work with
>>> revolution. I have tried with mplayer, but this doesn't work.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Take a look at feature request:  <http://support.runrev.com/
>> bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=2290>
>>
>> Mplayer would be the obvious choice.  Though, if you are into rumors,
>> one is floating around that Apple has or is porting QT to Linux.  Has
>> something to do with iTunes for Linux.  That would be the very best
>> solution for me.
>>
>>
>> Mark Talluto
>>
>
> Is it only a rumor, Apple can port QT to linux, but I didn't think  
> now.
> Mplayer is considerated has the best media player for linux  
> (because he
> can read anything).
>
> So, for now, runrev can read only video and audio file with Xanim ? (I
> tried with Xanim and runrev doesn't work with it, nasty bug).
>

I have gotten it to work with xanim, but the video codecs it supports  
are very old.  Thus the video quality is horrible and choppy.



Mark Talluto
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