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cd34 · 2005-03-23, 04:42 PM

artwilliams,
mplayer and gmplayer do play .wmv files, but not DRM encoded files. And, to my knowledge, they do not intend to support anything that doesn't give free use.

Barron,

Wine does work for many things. You could play windows media player (I think). Crossover Office is the commercial counterpart and does do better. If you are looking for a linux distribution, and are windows-centric, consider Xandros Deluxe (It comes with crossover office which allows you to run almost all of the windows apps 'natively') Its about $90, but, is very well done.

Going across architectures, i.e. powerpc, etc. isn't going to work, but, if you stick with X86 or Opteron, you should be ok.

2005-03-23, 04:42 PM	#23
cd34 a.k.a. Sparky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA Posts: 2,396	artwilliams, mplayer and gmplayer do play .wmv files, but not DRM encoded files. And, to my knowledge, they do not intend to support anything that doesn't give free use. Barron, Wine does work for many things. You could play windows media player (I think). Crossover Office is the commercial counterpart and does do better. If you are looking for a linux distribution, and are windows-centric, consider Xandros Deluxe (It comes with crossover office which allows you to run almost all of the windows apps 'natively') Its about $90, but, is very well done. Going across architectures, i.e. powerpc, etc. isn't going to work, but, if you stick with X86 or Opteron, you should be ok. __________________ SnapReplay.com a different way to share photos - iPhone & Android