WMV not playing in VLC

linuxmandrake · 06-24-2005, 08:30 AM

where the heck do I get the codec to play WMV.

reddazz · 06-24-2005, 08:46 AM

You can download the codecs from the download page at mplayer's website. Extract them to /usr/lib/win32 or any other suitable location.

linuxmandrake · 06-24-2005, 09:05 AM

nope still no luck so annoying. And dont tell me to switch to mplayer I have already heard that many times !!

reddazz · 06-24-2005, 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by linuxmandrake
nope still no luck so annoying. And dont tell me to switch to mplayer I have already heard that many times !!

Does videolan have an option to search for codecs (I know xine and kaffeine do)? As for recommending mplayer, I am not a big fan of it myself so I use xine libs with kaffeine or totem as the frontend.

linuxmandrake · 06-24-2005, 10:19 AM

am experimenting with the settings now let u know how it goes. The adventure begins again. yay not!!
iT's wierd i seem to have the codec cos in the settings there a code called ffmpeg and in brackets it says wmv. So why isn't it playing then. I know it's shudn't be the file cos i tested it on another which plays fine in windows. GRR

can i convert it to ogm cos thats definately works. Ogm is better than wmv anyways isn't it .

spo0nless · 07-18-2005, 03:57 PM

The ONLY way that works for me, to play this type of wmv, (windows media 9) on linux is MPAYER. It quite possibly IS the only way.

Good Luck.

tkedwards · 07-18-2005, 09:31 PM

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It quite possibly IS the only way

I can assure you its not. On my Mandriva system you just have to install the packages 'win32codecs' and 'xine-win32' from PLF and both kaffeine (xine based) and VLC will be able to play these movies just fine (even though mplayer is not installed).

Searching around the mplayer site I can see downlods for the codecs packages, including links to Fedora RPMs:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html
http://rpm.greysector.net/mplayer/do...-optional.html

Assuming that your VLC on fedora is configured in a similar way to Mandriva's then hopefully it will just pickup the Win32 codecs once you've installed them.