video protocol from NASA

[kenmac2]

I download a lot of video from NASA (in XP) and have no trouble viewing same.
However, when I attempted to do the same with Ubuntu, it searched for a suitable Plugin and couldn't find one.
Is there anything out there that can read on Ubuntu the Microsoft Media Server (MMS) protocol that NASA uses?
Any suggestions?

kenmac2

Solved.

[stinger30au]

do u have a link to one of th videos so we can all see it and figure it out?


have you done a

sudo apt-get install non-free-codecs

sudo apt-get install w32-codecs

with medibuntu added to repo's

also do a

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

and see how you go

[kenmac2]

stinger30au,
I tried all those - all negative.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html (http://ubuntuforums.org/www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html) is the address of NASA's continuous Public video outlet.

kenmac2

[kenmac2]

Solved.
I had relied on the auto-play function before.
Fortunately NASA provides other viewing options.
When I select Real Player it supplies the option of using Movie Player.
When this is done it reads the video OK.
I just didn't look into it close enough!

Ken Mac