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Watching Streaming Video?

Hey,

I'm trying to watch live streaming video on a Slackware box I have connected to a television. I can get Flash to play, but that's almost always pre-recorded (and I'm trying to watch live sports.)

The site I go to (which works on Windows) is http://atdhe.net/. They provide streams that they collect somehow, but they're in different formats. (Some are in Windows Media, some are in Real, some are in quicktime, etc.) I'm using Firefox as a browser, but I could use something else.

Beyond the default Slackware (13.0) installation, what additional software do I need?

Quote:

Originally Posted by GuyWhoKilledBear (Post 3889494)

(Some are in Windows Media, some are in Real, some are in quicktime, etc.)

gecko-mediaplayer (available on SlackBuilds.org) can handle all 3 of these formats.

vlc handles most video formats too. AlienBob has a slackbuild on his page.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan (Post 3889513)

gecko-mediaplayer (available on SlackBuilds.org) can handle all 3 of these formats.

This should be your best bet if you're running from a browser. And I'm assuming you're using the proprietary Flash plugin as opposed to Gnash..