Plugins for .wmv

John_Emad · 01-27-2005, 05:49 AM

all the wmv files doesnt work with the kaffeine player nor any player

from where can i get these plugins ??

__J · 01-27-2005, 05:57 AM

specify "any player" (as in do you have xine based players?

for them (and mplayer but IIRC the codec locations are entered at compile time for it) go to www.mplayerhq.hu and in the downloads section grab the essential-codecs package. unzip it to /usr/lib/win32 and xine based players will find them automatically.

John_Emad · 01-27-2005, 08:17 AM

thx alot

John_Emad · 01-27-2005, 06:40 PM

there is no directory named win32 in the /usr/lib/

John_Emad · 01-27-2005, 06:42 PM

and I cant create a new directory with tht name

it tells me access denied

John_Emad · 01-27-2005, 07:02 PM

so r u sure tht this the dircectory to which i should exctract the codecs i downloaded ??

John_Emad · 01-28-2005, 06:00 PM

please someone help

I cant play any video !!

setlec_seta · 01-28-2005, 06:08 PM

Hmmm try to reade the *.wmv with mplayer if it doesn't reade ur files then look on the site of mplayer the faq or howto or the man mplayer in the console

zippo85 · 01-30-2005, 02:21 AM

If permission is denied, try typing su to log on as a super user.

ironwalker · 01-30-2005, 02:22 AM

Distribution?

I have a script that grabs and installs all codecs needed to play any format but its debian based.

jgams · 01-30-2005, 06:07 PM

i'm currently using totem and having tried these steps i'm wondering if they should have worked...
should i change players or is there some other fix for totem that i haven't read about?

jiml8 · 01-30-2005, 07:03 PM

You need to be root to create that directory and install those codecs

jgams · 01-31-2005, 11:08 PM

no, no. i did that and it was fun, but totem didn't recognize any of it. do i need to point the program towards the new directory? i'm fairly new to linux so i'm not sure about program dependencies