February 2005
Beginner
384 pages
9h 8m
English
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Multimedia on the Web
I told you in the beginning that not everything was going to be perfect in Linux. Getting streaming media to work in your Linux browser is one of the two top areas I think need the most work and help from developers (the other is gaming). Some multimedia types are actually pretty easy. You can get MP3s, WAV files, PDF documents, Macromedia Flash content, and Real Player files to run fairly easily. You get into trouble when you have other movie or audio files to play, such as Quicktime, AVI, and other media types that can play in Windows Media Player.
Your best bet is always to play media files in an outside player, if the Web page gives you that option. Web sites with embedded media players can be the bane of your existence. ...