Can't play wmv files? Why?

[thedreaming]

Hi!

I have Fedora Core 3 installed and so far I'm happy with it! I got the nvidia driver to work with it, I got it reading my ntfs partition and it's even on a multi boot with windoze on the other side.

Right now, I'm trying to figure out why xine won't play wmv files anymore. Is it just me? Did I do something wrong or is there something more I need to download?

I got yum plugged in to just about every cool repository so if there's a file out there, I can and will install it with just a few keystrokes!

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Please and thank you!

[cscheng]

Afaik, mplayer has better support for wmv files.

[carbo18]

You need to get the Win32Codecs in order to let xine play wvm files. You can install them from Livna.org (I think) through yum or from the Daily Xine site if you prefer doing it on your own.

[s10237]

I use mplayer. I havent got the gui to work but I can run it threw command line. Why not give mplayer a try?

[thedreaming]

Originally Posted by s10237

I use mplayer. I havent got the gui to work but I can run it threw command line. Why not give mplayer a try?

I also switched to mplayer. I used to have both mplayer and xine loaded back in RH8 and used one for general viewing and the other for dvd and realvideo files.

I installed mplayer with a gui and tons of skins for it. I also installed the win32codec from the xine page and everything seems okay. I'll need to test it out with some wmv files, which is the only file type I was having problems viewing.

[s10237]

I have mplayer and it does not support wmv files niether. I dont know why

[thedreaming]

Originally Posted by s10237

I have mplayer and it does not support wmv files niether. I dont know why

I just tested the codecs I downloaded from the xine page and I just played a wmv file perfectly, so it's definately a codec problem and not a mplayer problem.

[Woad_Warrior]

http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/re...0050216.tar.bz2 <--- all codecs for Linux x86 (Win32 .dll and Linux .so)
if the codec isn't in this package, then you're sol. (this is the same codec pack i use, and have had no problem playing any file i want. and that includes quicktime, wma's, wmv's, etc....)

[badger_fruit]

I found this link with a guide:-
http://fedorasolved.org/multimedia-s...s/win32-codecs

Not sure if it will help or not but worth a try eh

[Dan]

Whoa! Holy necromancy!

Uhm ... This thread is five years old.

Thread closed.


(Thanks, Wayne!)