wmv won't play after xine update to 0.99.4-7.fc5 (and fix)

[sliptrap]

After a routine yum update of xine:

Nov 11 01:14:56 Installed: xine-lib-extras.i386 1.1.2-1.fc5
Nov 11 01:15:30 Updated: xine.i386 0.99.4-7.fc5

I could no longer play a wmv video. (message from xine that wmvdmod.dll not found).

I'm not sure why things changed, but here's how I fixed the problem:

After the update, my xine config file had:

# path to Win32 codecs
# string, default: /usr/lib/codecs
#decoder.external.win32_codecs_path:/usr/lib/codecs

BUT, per Stan Finley's FC5 install notes, the codecs were installed in /usr/local/lib/codecs (and worked fine from there until this update).

I tried updating the config file to specify the correct location, but it reverted back to the original location every time I started xine.

So, I copied (as root) everything from /usr/local/lib/codecs to /usr/lib/codecs and the wmv video now plays OK.

[PeTzZz]

Originally Posted by sliptrap

So, I copied (as root) everything from /usr/local/lib/codecs to /usr/lib/codecs and the wmv video now plays OK.

It's extra 30+ megabytes. Symlink would be much more appropriate in this case. It does not need any extra disk space.

Check this how-to about installing Win32 Codecs. The optional part of it creates needed symlinks.

It worked some time such way, but after some time messing around (in my opinion I didn't do anything that could brake it, but maybe still...) totem-xine and gxine crashes if to open Windows Media 9 files in the browser. Manually opening in totem-xine and gxine works. Strange.