Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Bob Sanders <rmsand@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended amd64 box for Gentoo
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:14:11
Message-Id: 20060318060918.60b78bf4@chi.speakeasy.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended amd64 box for Gentoo by Walter Dnes
1 On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:06:42 -0500
2 "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
3
4 > My main worries would be proprietary stuff like RealPlayer and the
5 > win32codecs portion of mplayer.
6 >
7
8 Both work for me within reason. The win32codecs I use with
9 mplayer-bin. And Realplayer works.
10
11 But if you are one that wants seamless integration with a browser or gui,
12 then you'll be disappointed and unhappy.
13
14 I've not had any issue with streaming audio. Some issues with streaming
15 video - video.google.com doesn't work. But for anything that's downloadable,
16 mostly no problems playing. Some problems with video from those using
17 very new versions of Micrsoft's video formats.
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19 fwiw - I use both Firefox and Opera, but not firefox-bin.
20
21 Bob
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