Re: minimo MPEG support

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Thanks,
Ben

On Tuesday 23 August 2005 05:56 pm, you wrote:
> I would try the gpe mailing list for this.  Minimo doesn't
> have a plugin that handles mpg.
>
> Ben Kirk wrote:
> > I'm running familiar (gpe-image) on my iPAQ3900 and wanted to play an
> > MPEG in the Minimo browser. I noticed, by default, that does not look
> > supported (the URL pop-up goes away, but the current Web page does no=
t
> > change). I'm planning on 'bitbake mplayer' and installing mplayer. My
> > question is: do I need a special plug-in for Minimo and/or is there a
> > better MPEG player to use (ex =E2=80=93 smaller footprint than Mplaye=
r)?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ben