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Old 11-16-2007, 08:08 PM   #1
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playing .mov


is there a program in Fedora 7 that can play a .mov file? if not, do you know where I can get one?
 
Old 11-16-2007, 09:39 PM   #2
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MPlayer should be able to play .mov.
 
Old 11-16-2007, 09:51 PM   #3
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MPlayer should be able to play .mov.
so should most media players on linux, but I know VLC will
 
Old 11-16-2007, 11:00 PM   #4
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It tells me I need a plugin for Quicktime. Whats the command for it?
 
Old 11-17-2007, 07:45 AM   #5
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It tells me I need a plugin for Quicktime. Whats the command for it?
What tells you that? Is it firefox?
 
Old 11-17-2007, 08:01 AM   #6
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You can use Xine based players such as Kaffeine, gxine and totem-xine. You can also use mplayer and vlc to play mov files. If you use xine and mplayer, you need to install their browser plugins if you need to access mov files via a web browser.
 
  


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