Fedora application for iTunes

[Fred Smith]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 05:51:16PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:06:34PM +0000, Paul Smith wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>> I am trying to watch some videos on iTunes.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Are you trying to get iTunes to install on Fedora?
> > >>>> You would need Wine, or a vm running Windows.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> or just watch a video on the Apple Store\Site?
> > >>>> Have you a link?
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks to both. I have just installed
> > >>>
> > >>> gecko-mediaplayer
> > >>>
> > >>> but when I click on the video link at the iTunes website, I get the
> > >>> following error:
> > >>>
> > >>> "Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol
> > >>> (itmss) isn't associated with any program."
> > >>>
> > >>> Any idea?
> > >>>
> > >>> To me, it suffices to watch the videos on Firefox. No need for a
> > >>> standalone application.
> > >>
> > >> $ rpm -qf /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libvlcplugin.so
> > >> npapi-vlc-gtk-2.0.6-1.fc20.x86_64
> > >> npapi-vlc-2.0.6-1.fc20.x86_64
> > >
> > > Thanks. I have just installed
> > >
> > > npapi-vlc
> > >
> > > but the reported problem persists notwithstanding.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > 
> > As an example of the reported failure, try the following:
> > 
> > https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/id780803998#
> > 
> > Paul
> 
> I get offered an opportunity to download itunes.
> 
> do you get that? or does it choke before that?
> 

but I forgot to mention I'm using Centos 6.5, which DOES
view movie trailers at apple.com/trailers without problems.

I suspect that's what those who offered advice were assuming
(and what I would have assumed, too) from the original description.

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