Re: Fedora application for iTunes
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(a)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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