Klonk Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:29:42 +0300 veschprigt mroktar Juhana Sadeharju <kouhia@nic.funet.fi> [re: [Yello] Re: *** Yello On TV!!! ***]:
I cannot install anything here at university to Windows XP, and there is no Linux version at all. Dude. Did you, say, google or search rpmfind.net for "openquicktime"? Perhaps this led you to find something handy over at the Penguin Liberation Front?
Who ever created the mov, please create mpeg version too. It could be that Mac always makes mov files but then select "mpeg" codec, not proprietary apple codecs. Yeah, I would agree with this, despite the ready availability of openquicktime codecs. XVID or even DIVX would be far better for cross-platform availability.
It is common to get error messages such as no file C:\windows\system\thisandthat.dll in Linux. I doubt very much that you are getting an error in Linux that says that!!!
The sad thing is that there is no such windows directory in Linux and Linux cannot handle dll files. ... another option might be for you to poke around for Codeweavers Wine, which specifically and fantastically supports a few applications, like the Quicktime player via their Crossover Plugin.
The avi is thightly tied to MS Windows system and cannot be played elsewhere. Again, no. AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave. It is a generic term like "box" or "bucket". The CODEC behind the AVI is what may or may not be proprietary & secret. XVID is open. DIVX is closed, but sorta free. There are literally more than a dozen CODECS that will output an AVI.
Microsoft's secret, proprietary codec is WMV, which I understand to be a corruptive hack of MPEG-4 [correct me if I am wrong]. But even this is playable on a GNU system, dude. If you are using Linux, you should be doing some Googling before jumping to conclusions like this! I am **more** than happy to help you track down and install the necessary stuff for you to play your loot! Just write me off the list. But you are IN Finland?!? The BIRTHPLACE? Man, don't even tell me that there aren't any Linux users around there!