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From: David Haggett on 14 Aug 2005 07:08 Hi all I've noticed an increasing number of downloadable videos are in this format. Xine gives me the message that the video codec Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3) is unsupported. The audio stream plays fine. I'm using the codecs from the mplayer site (all-20050412.tar.bz2), and compiled xine rpms from the latest source archives. Is there a media player for Linux that can handle this latest M$ format (or preferably a way of making xine play them)? -- David Haggett Linux user since 01/01/2003 Email: david<at>haggett<dot>demon<dot>co<dot>uk
From: Andy Davison on 14 Aug 2005 18:46 On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:08:19 +0100, in message <pan.2005.08.14.11.08.18.719255(a)haggett.demon.co.uk>, David Haggett wrote: > Is there a media player for Linux that can handle this latest M$ format > (or preferably a way of making xine play them)? Well Mplayer plays them in Mandriva. I can't get Xine to do so but I haven't really looked into it because Mplayer will. You can get the codecs from the Mplayer homepage and follow instructions <http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html>. -- Andy Davison andy(a)oiyou.force9.co.uk
From: Eamon Skelton on 14 Aug 2005 20:19 On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:08:19 +0100, David Haggett wrote: > Is there a media player for Linux that can handle this latest M$ format > (or preferably a way of making xine play them)? Xine plays Windows Media Player formats wma, wmv etc. I followed the instructios at: http://xinehq.de/index.php/faq#WMV It works with everything I have tried. E.S. -- Linux 2.6.12.1 Remove 'X' to reply by e-mail.
From: David Haggett on 15 Aug 2005 05:48 On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:19:45 +0000, Eamon Skelton wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:08:19 +0100, David Haggett wrote: > > >> Is there a media player for Linux that can handle this latest M$ format >> (or preferably a way of making xine play them)? > > Xine plays Windows Media Player formats wma, wmv etc. > I followed the instructios at: > http://xinehq.de/index.php/faq#WMV > > It works with everything I have tried. Thanks for the link - should have checked there first really. I followed the instructions, but still no joy. I even recompiled the RPM with ../configure --with-w32-path=/usr/lib/win32 just to make sure. Would you mind trying http://www.haggett.demon.co.uk/dl/lategroove2.wmv just to make sure (it's a bloke playing a guitar). I think this bit from the spec file may explain what's going wrong - there's no "x86_64" or "amd64" in the list of architectures. %if %BUILD_W32DLL %ifarch i386 i486 i586 i686 i786 i868 i986 k6 k7 athlon %package w32dll I'm running SuSE9.3 x86_64. Are the win32 codecs compatible with 64bit applications? Many thanks -- David Haggett Linux user since 01/01/2003 Email: david<at>haggett<dot>demon<dot>co<dot>uk
From: Brian McIlwrath on 15 Aug 2005 06:22
David Haggett <news-spam(a)haggett.demon.co.uk> wrote: : >> Is there a media player for Linux that can handle this latest M$ format : >> (or preferably a way of making xine play them)? : > : > Xine plays Windows Media Player formats wma, wmv etc. : > I followed the instructios at: : > http://xinehq.de/index.php/faq#WMV : > : > It works with everything I have tried. : Thanks for the link - should have checked there first really. I followed : the instructions, but still no joy. I even recompiled the RPM with : ./configure --with-w32-path=/usr/lib/win32 just to make sure. One of the links for setting up mplayer for Linux (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html) has links to the "essential codecs" package. I think this has most of the MS Codecs - certainly I have had no troubles in either xine or mplayer since installing this. |