6/22/2023 0 Comments Reinstall realplayer plus 15“Frankly it’s good Novell show a bit of support for Real who have provided a Linux client (even if I can’t stand the software). Actually it could be construed as false advertising because consumers are under the impression they are getting a fully functional desktop when in reality Novell has crippled the media player. It’s not unfair when consumers read the product info either on Novell’s site or on the box stipulating that it comes with a video player. Right now they are providing absolutely zero when it comes to working video support. Why should Novell be expected to provide everything?” “That’s a bit unfair about the media players – MS don’t bundle Quicktime with Windows. Then the only thing missing would be to install the codecs you want. If Novell doesn’t want to pay MS and Apple to get licensed codecs then surely they can at least help the consumer by not crippling Xine and the gui front-end. To me that’s not the idea of a fully functional desktop. Since Novell crippled Xine and it’s gui front-end (Totem/Kaffeine) the user’s only option is to uninstall Xine, etc and then install the missing codecs, then install an uncrippled version of Xine plus it’s gui front-end. You also can’t simply install the missing codecs either. You’ll get errors such as missing plug-in, etc. Do a default installation of SuSE Linux then try watching a movie trailer provided online and you’ll notice you can’t. Now the difference with Xine on SuSE Linux is that the user is left with a crippled player (thanks to Novell) that isn’t capable of playing hardly anything. When I export video I typically choose the file format extension to be for Quicktime as this is offered on both OS so there is a better chance of the viewer being able to watch my video. Quicktime is provided by Apple for use on OSX and Windows which is why most sites for movie trailers, etc provide video ported to “.mov”. they don’t play all the codecs out of the box either…”Īctually both Windows Media Player and Quicktime play their respective codecs. “how is including real player any different from what MS and apple does.
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