Quoting Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx>: All I can say is that while 64-bit > Linux works, and works well, there are a lot of real world limitations > in terms of accessing media from the web. While no where near as bad > as they used to be you will likely run into issues with Java and Flash > under 64-bit, and the decoders for things like Windows media file > types are almost always a bit more difficult than on our 32-bit > machines Adobe has just released a 64bit beta of flash 10 for linux: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html And with the latest releases of mplayer/ffmpeg it very rare to having to resort to binary-only (32bit) codecs. The only times I've had to use them were some realplayer10 file, and as for wmv the only unplayable ones I've encountered are the DRM:ed ones and I don't think they can be played in linux whatsoever. - Peder (who speaks out of his ass since he doesn't even run 64bit) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
