Bitrate for commercial or DVD quality mpeg video I would have thought would be largely untenable over the wire to a thin client session. Neil > -----Original Message----- > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Jameson > Sent: 05 October 2005 23:27 > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] MPeg2 on XPe Thin > > Has anyone ever tried and successfully gotten a DVD movie to > play from an external DVD on a thin client? We have tried a > neoware running Xpe but WMP 8 is the latest version and when > we tried to run other MPEG2 codecs - it just cannot play a > DVD movie/mpeg2 from XPe. Have also tried to load up VLC > with no success either. > > Wyse also says "no go" on a standard Xpe but it may be hacked to work. > We are tying to use a thin client connected to a projector in > a conf room to be able to do it all. Any success stories out > there before we resort to a slim dell fat pc in the ceiling? > > > Regards, > > Ron Jameson > Hamlin Technologies ***************************************************************************** This e-mail and its attachments are confidential and are intended for the above named recipient only. If this has come to you in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail from your system. You must take no action based on this, nor must you copy or disclose it or any part of its contents to any person or organisation. Statements and opinions contained in this email may not necessarily represent those of Littlewoods Group Limited or its subsidiaries. Please note that e-mail communications may be monitored. The Registered Office of Littlewoods Group Limited and its subsidiaries is 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L70 1AB. Registered number of Littlewoods Group Limited is 5059352. ***************************************************************************** This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl - www.blackspider.com ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: Cesura, Inc. Know about Citrix end-user slowdowns before they know. Know the probable cause, immediately. Know it all now with this free white paper. http://www.cesurasolutions.com/landing/WPBCForCitrix.htm?mc=WETBCC ******************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! http://www.thinwiki.com *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm