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I also tried running this on linux and got the same message. However, if you go to the website http://www.vividas.com/support/, and look under system requirements, it says that Vividas will run under Linux using WINE emulation if you have 192MB RAM, Pentium III or better CPU 450MHz or better CPU clock speed and an Accelerated Graphics card, with at least 4MB of memory. Its still in testing, however.

This isn't an example of a company ignoring the linux community. This is an example of a company trying to control distribution by using a proprietary format. It took over my entire desktop while playing...couldn't quit out of it until it finished...must be some sort of DRM scheme.

I think they would have been better off using a normal format...but this appears to be an industry format: http://www.akamai.com/en/html/about/press/press518 .html for more details.

You can take off your tin-foil hat now.

Can play it under linux :D

Install wine (winehq.org)
Install ie6 with tool from http://sidenet.ddo.jp/winetips/config.html
(Possibly install dcom98. Not sure if its essential or not.)
Start ie.
Change security settings (Internet Options -> Security) to allow installation of unsigned activex controls
Go to the site http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/3929_Serenity/web/in dex.html
You'll get a dialog telling you to install a jre. Cancel.
Say yes to installation and execution of anything activex related.
Click on Dial up.
Watch the movie in its window.

The fullscreen options (low, med, high) give me an error about unavailable display modes. I'd love to know if it is possible to get this playing the higher res versions in a window, but my javascript/webdev fu is weak. http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/3929_Serenity/web/pl ayer_script.inc would be the place to look - playPressed() would be the function. Getting it called as playPressed('http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/3929_Se renity/viv/3929_Serenity_720.viv',true) would do the trick (2nd arg inidicates whether to play in a window or not.

(Alternatively, a patch for wine that sorts out the screen mode problem would possibly do the trick).

Can play it under linux :D

Install wine (winehq.org)
Install ie6 with tool from http://sidenet.ddo.jp/winetips/config.html
(Possibly install dcom98. Not sure if its essential or not.)
Start ie.
Change security settings (Internet Options -> Security) to allow installation of unsigned activex controls
Go to the site http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/3929_Serenity/web/in dex.html
You'll get a dialog telling you to install a jre. Cancel.
Say yes to installation and execution of anything activex related.
Click on Dial up.
Watch the movie in its window.

The fullscreen options (low, med, high) give me an error about unavailable display modes. I'd love to know if it is possible to get this playing the higher res versions in a window, but my javascript/webdev fu is weak. http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/3929_Serenity/web/pl ayer_script.inc would be the place to look - playPressed() would be the function. Getting it called as playPressed('http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/3929_Se renity/viv/3929_Serenity_720.viv',true) would do the trick (2nd arg inidicates whether to play in a window or not.

(Alternatively, a patch for wine that sorts out the screen mode problem would possibly do the trick).

It's using on2's VP7 codec, but it's a custom container of some kind.
http://www.on2.com/company/news-room/press-release s/?id=254

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I've got the codecs installed but not even mplayer can deal with it.

Its http://www.vividas.com/ new high compression broadcast quality streaming format - expect to see it crop up all over - the player is ultra small and the quality is very good.

Of their demo files

The format comes from Vividas, and while this page says they support Linux, they seem to mean it in the sense that you might be able to run their Java player under Linux if you're lucky.

The format comes from Vividas, and while this page says they support Linux, they seem to mean it in the sense that you might be able to run their Java player under Linux if you're lucky.

Here's the direct link to the video file, although I still don't know of a Linux player that can handle it

Here's the direct link to the video file, although I still don't know of a Linux player that can handle it

Here's the direct link to the video file, although I still don't know of a Linux player that can handle it

Here's the direct link to the video file, although I still don't know of a Linux player that can handle it

Here's the direct link to the video file, although I still don't know of a Linux player that can handle it: