[mpeg2] Re: created mpeg file is not getting played

[Szymon Polom <polom@convergence.de>]

Hi,

On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 12:31:56PM +0200, Frank Rosengart (rosengart@convergence.de) wrote:

> >so after that
> >cat /dev/video >kfir.mpg 
> >creating the some file but when i tried to play that
> >file in windows media player , it is giving me error
> >as
> >"An invalid media type was specified."

> Please ask Microsoft why the don't include an MPEG-2 codec in their 
> Mediaplayer by default. We live in 2002.

Well, i don't know for sure if they really don't do it, but i guess they
aren't willing to pay that 4 $ per unit license fee to the MPEG2-LA.

> I recommend mplayer for Linux.

What's about Quicktime?

Bye... Szymon.
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