Re: CNN Videos - No Sound

[Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu>]

  david> Perhaps, if you provide a leeetle more info.

Yes, of course!

  david> What program are you using to view these videos (totem,
  david> mplayer, etc)?

I'm running linux-2.6.8-2-686.  I click links (with 'firefox') on the
CNN "video site", and a new window is created.  Within it is the
opening "Media Player" animated logo which eventually displays the
(silent) piece I've selected.

"About:plugins" in 'firefox' shows, "Windows Media Player Plug-in
Dynamic Link Library", followed by:

     MIME TYPE                  DESC            SUFFIXES ENABLED
     application/asx            Media Files     *        Yes
     video/x-ms-asf-plugin      Media Files     *        Yes
     application/x-mplayer2     Media Files     *        Yes
     video/x-ms-asf             Media Files     asf,asx,* Yes
     video/x-ms-wm              Media Files     wm,*     Yes
     audio/x-ms-wma             Media Files     wma,*    Yes
     audio/x-ms-wax             Media Files     wax,*    Yes
     video/x-ms-wmv             Media Files     wmv,*    Yes
     video/x-ms-wvx             Media Files     wvx,*    Yes
     
  david> What format are they in? 

Not sure.

  david> Are you using GNOME, KDE, ... 

KDE.

  david> something else (esd, arts, plain alsa, etc)?

ALSA.

Another possible hint:  QuickTime has the same behavior - images,
but no sound.

Thanks for everyone's help,

  -Kenneth