[Slugnet] Will IDA supply windows for watching NDP on the web?

[John Thng]

Can I use pure 64-bit Linux to play?

I guess for those who can play used 32-bit proprietary codecs
workaround.

Any idea how to play in pure 64-bit Linux without 32-bit codecs?

On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 21:06 +0800, Deepak Sarda wrote:
> On 8/5/07, Harish Pillay <harish.pillay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi.  I was trying to view http://www.ndp.org.sg/infocomm/livecelebration/ and
> > it says:
> >
> > "1. You may need to install ActiveX* components for viewing the "Live
> > Celebrations"
> > if prompted.
> > * ActiveX is built on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM), and is
> > used primarily
> > to develop interactive content for the World Wide Web.
> >
> > 2. The live coverage is best viewed using Internet Explorer"
> 
> FWIW, I looked at the site just now.. Firefox/Linux. No activex needed.
> The video is just a standard embedded object.. perhaps they've changed
> things since you brought it up?
> 
> Here's the URL for those who want to watch out of the browser:
> 
> mms://ndpwmedia.staging.qala.com.sg/stream03
> 
> I imagine once the telecast starts,
> $ mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile ndp2007.wmv \
>  mms://ndpwmedia.staging.qala.com.sg/stream03
> 
> would be a nice hack ;-)
> 
> Of course... why windows media has been chosen as the streaming
> platform is a different matter.
> 
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