[olug] WINE or VMWARE?

Eric P eric.maillist at gmail.com
Sun Aug 13 21:44:48 UTC 2006


FYI. In (k)ubuntu, the Firefox plugin package is mozilla-mplayer

I think it comes from the Universe or Multiverse repository.  Also, you probably need to install the w32codecs package
so mplayer will be able to display QuickTime video.  I might be missing something.

Eric

Eric P wrote:
> What about mplayer-plugin?
> 
> http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/
> 
> 
> eumario at trilake.net wrote:
>> Have to agree with Adam on this one.  CrossOver Office would be your
>> best bet in getting QuickTime to Embed within Mozilla.  VMWare is
>> definatly over kill, as it's meant to be a Complete PC Emulator.  So
>> it would be overkill.
>>
>> CrossOver Office is great for plugins
>> like Apple QuickTime, Macromedia Flash 8.0, and so on.  So definatly,
>> that would be the way to go.
>>
>> Mario Steele
>>> VMWare
>> would be overkill. I would recommond using Crossover 
>> http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/ 
>>> Not free, but
>> will seamlessly integrate windows plugins into your browser. 
>>
>>> On 8/11/06, Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote: 
>>>> Running Kubuntu Dapper Drake. 
>>>>
>>>> I
>> have 1 application that Linux doesn't natively run. 
>> QuickTime 6.5.2. 
>>>> QuickTime 6.5.2 allows me
>> to view a Live Videostream 
>>>> of MP4 content within a .SDP
>> container (Darwin 
>>>> Streaming Server Protocol). I currently
>> have QuickTime 
>>>> 6.5.2 loaded using WINE (although I have to
>> fix it) 
>>>> which is good as a standalone application (although
>> I 
>>>> could already view downloads via VLC). 
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to make Firefox or some other browser open 
>>>> QuickTime as an embedded plug-in to view the streams 
>>>> from the web page. 
>>>>
>>>> Would I be
>> "better off" trying to setup VMWare for 
>>>> this one
>> app? 
>>>> Thanks in advance. 
>>>>
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