Playing MPEG4 files on Linux with JMF

Hi all,
Is it possible to get MPEG4 files to play through the JMF on Linux?? I've been stumped at this for quite a while now and is hoping for some help...
The area's i found and look at are
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/12/23/jmf.html - this provides a brige between QT for Java and the JMF but these's no version for Linux, only windows and mac...
the ibm is an evaluation copy only and displays a nasty ibm in the corner so is no good..
Please help, i'm stumped...

hi there,
I got the IBM logo from reading the documentation that you can download with the codec, it says:
Q: How can I disable the IBM logo that appears on the video?
A: The logo appears on this evaluation version. The licensed version will not have any logo shown.
From that i was scared away and just didn't install the codec, well after reading you notes, i've installed the codec and placed it in the JMFRegistry. Just one problem, how do you get/tell java to use it, as my program still won't run an mpeg4 movie.
Here's what my JMFRegistry (in plug-ins/codec) says once i've installed codec:
Input Formats---->
0. javax.media.format.VideoFormat
H263
1. javax.media.format.VideoFormat
H263/RTP
2. javax.media.format.VideoFormat
MP4I
3. javax.media.format.VideoFormat
MP4I/RTP
4. javax.media.format.VideoFormat
DIVX
5. javax.media.format.VideoFormat
DX50
6. javax.media.format.VideoFormat
DM4V
7. javax.media.format.VideoFormat
MP4V-ES/RTP
Output Formats--->
0. javax.media.format.YUVFormat
YUV Video Format: Size = null MaxDataLength = -1 DataType = class [B yuvType = -1 StrideY = -1 StrideUV = -1 OffsetY = -1 OffsetU = -1 OffsetV = -1
1. javax.media.format.RGBFormat
RGB, -1-bit, Masks=-1:-1:-1, PixelStride=-1, LineStride=-1

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