From: Pete F. <pj...@ca...> - 2003-11-26 04:33:46
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j- Save yourself some grief and install a copy of apt-get. I installed mpayer et all in just a couple of keystrokes on my fedora box and the RH9 box too .... devil site codec etc... -Pete On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 22:49, Jason Sharpee wrote: > Can "mplayer" stream that from your linux box. I got the modified windows > dlls for wmv, mov, rm, etc from the devel site, and can play every media > format known to man now linux. :) It takes a bit of setup, but I cant > imagine automation in Windows being any easier. > > -J > > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Kirk Bauer wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Sean Walker wrote: > > > > > I can think of starting it with a simple PERL script, but I don't know > > > how to stop the program on 98. Do you need WMP running or can you use > > > XMMS from the Linux box? What about streaming the audio like icecast or > > > shoutcast from the Linux box and just turn off the audio at 2:00? Just a > > > couple of suggestions from another Linux guy. > > > > Thanks for the suggestions. The audio stream is a live Windows Media > > stream, so I think I'm stuck with using Windows. I was able to use the > > Win98 task scheduler to have it start at 6:30AM and stop at 2PM. I'm > > not always awake at 6:30, so it is not ideal, but if I'm asleep I don't > > care if the bandwidth is being wasted anyways. > > > > I was almost pleasantly surprised at how easy it was, but the task > > scheduler would not start. After a lot of frustration, I find out it is > > a bug: since windows is installed in C:\WINDOWS, if the drive label of > > drive C is "WINDOWS" then the task manager won't start. Is that insane > > or what? That's Microsoft for you. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > ________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 -- |