[plug] how do I view shockwave files under linux - preferably using firefox?

[James Laurence Clarke]

Bill,

In my experience shockwave flash is no problem with Linux and Firefox, you can 
download Linux version of the shockwave plug in from www.macromedia.com, 
however some distros are not as compatible with it as others. I have had no 
problems with most versions of Mandrake/Mandriva Linux and Ubuntu Linux 
(5.04). What distro are you intending to use for your wife's laptop?

Quicktime support is a different matter, however earlier quicktime files 
(version 5 or below) seem well supported in Linux now, but newer quicktime 
files require a lot of hunting arround for the CODECs and players, etc.

The same applies for Windows media player files, older files generally work 
better, but new ones require some effort to get working, but having said that 
it is not impossible just painful.

Regards,

James

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 08:51 pm, William Kenworthy wrote:
> The crossover link is broken on their website, and the plugin no longer
> shows in the "products"
>
> Wine hangs in one users home directory when trying to use the full
> installer, and errors off with a DOS path error on the sons.
>
> BillK
>
> On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 20:39 +0800, Kev wrote:
> > Use WINE (or Crossover) and install the Windoze plugins for Netscape
> > (Mozilla).  As I use Xandros I have Crossover and the above
> > works-a-treat for Shockwave, QuickTime and Windoze Media Player (v6.4).
> >   I assume WINE would work equally as well.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Kev
> >
> > William Kenworthy wrote:
> > > I am moving my wifes XP laptop over to linux and have hit a problem:
> > > how do I view shockwave files under linux - preferably using firefox?
> > >
> > > Coz the youngster likes those cool flash/shockwave games its a
> > > potential showstopper :(
> > >
> > > BillK

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