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Old 05-02-2005, 07:27 PM   #1
jelang
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Media Player Clone?

Does a usable Windows Media Player clone exist for Linux?

I'm running SuSE 9.3 Pro.

Numerous web radio sites use audio streams designed for Windows Media Player only which shuts Linux users out unless such a clone exists.
 
Old 05-02-2005, 07:39 PM   #2
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did you try Mplayer
 
Old 05-02-2005, 07:49 PM   #3
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I also love Mplayer but there are others. Here is a few:

http://www.msboycott.com/thealt/alts/mediaplayer.shtml

KC
 
Old 05-02-2005, 07:50 PM   #4
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Xine is my personal preference.
 
Old 05-02-2005, 10:12 PM   #5
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Hi,

Kaffeine works great as does the ULTIMATE player, namely VLC (heh, I'm not biased really!). However, to do anything meaningfull you are going to need the w32codec pack. That RPM is by far the thing that makes me grin the biggest while using linux

Check out http://rpm.pbone.net/ to find the codec pack for Suse 9.3
 
  


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