did that, wmv9 files worked flawlessly. thx!
btw i dloaded the win32 codec pack from mplayer website (http://www.mplayerhq.hu)

thx again.

and i'm using debian, which i've found to be one of the best distros to use, if not the easiest. but it lets you hand configure so many things while the apt system lets you download and maintain your software packages really easily. give it a go if you're willing to try some distros before settling down on any one of em.

You're using Fedora Core 2 right? (wasabi). I've been using mplayer in Redhat 8.0 and Fedora Core 1, and downloaded rpms from here:

http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/linux/mpla...s/mplayer.html

To play windows media player format you'll need to install dmo codec package. But this time (in Fedora Core 2), I can't seem to play windows media format using the latest codecs because these packages conflict with each other:

mplayer-codecs-extralite-2.0-2.i386.rpm
mplayer-codecs-win32-dmo-2.0-2.i386.rpm
mplayer-codecs-win32-2.0-2.i386.rpm

I am yet to solve this problem. Anyone successfully install mplayer with dmo codecs in Fedora Core 2 (and can play windows media format)?