CentOS - Jan 2007 - Platform independent solution to watch "Streaming Service of the Council of the European Union.

"The Council of the EU has a streaming service so that we can watch its
meetings ? but the service can only be accessed by Mac or MS Windows
users. This is because they employ WMV format for the videos. In the FAQ
they express a really strange opinion about this: 'The live streaming
media service of the Council of the European Union can be viewed on
Microsoft Windows and Macintosh platforms. We cannot support Linux in a
legal way. So the answer is: No support for Linux.' An online petition
has been set up to create pressure to convince the EU council to change
its service to one that is platform independent." (slashdot)

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/eu_streaming_service_for_everybody	

You are free to sign the petition.


-- 
Video games don't affect kids,
I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids,
we'd all run around in a darkened room 
munching pills and listening to repetitive music. 
- Kristian Wilson, 
CEO at Nintendo Gaming Corporation Inc.

Michel Daggelinckx wrote:
> "The Council of the EU has a streaming service so that we can watch
its
> meetings ? but the service can only be accessed by Mac or MS Windows
> users. This is because they employ WMV format for the videos. In the FAQ
> they express a really strange opinion about this: 'The live streaming
> media service of the Council of the European Union can be viewed on
> Microsoft Windows and Macintosh platforms. We cannot support Linux in a
> legal way. So the answer is: No support for Linux.' An online petition
> has been set up to create pressure to convince the EU council to change
> its service to one that is platform independent." (slashdot)
>
> http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/eu_streaming_service_for_everybody
>
>
> You are free to sign the petition.
>
>
Doesn't the VLC player support WMV files?  If so, you can use that to 
view the stream.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

Cheers,