cant run wmv files

As the pakets which are delivered with SuSE are limited you may try to get the full packages instead

As SuSE user you it should be very simple to get them :
[sorry if it is not 100% excactly the text of the screens]

Open YAST

> Software

>Add Installation Directory

>Add FTP

>name of Server:

mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de

>Folder on Server:

//pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/9.1/

> Add FTP
name of Server:

ftp.gwdg.de

Folder on Server:
pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/9.1/


------ sometimes refresh it from those screen .. (if changes were made on those sites - if newer software is out)


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After doing that .....
Yast > Install/delete Software

> search for xine , libxine1 , kaffeine , mplayer , w32codecs-all ...
(whatever you want )

You may have a look at the Versions - and check if it is the right version
- you may hit right mouse button - and either Install or refresh

[see my signature for more
- browsing the website of PAckman should give you all you need ]


{edit: oops forgot the w32codecs-all - maybe also need to read here : http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=326132 }

Hi guys,

Thanks a lot for your help. I had to reinstall my OS yesterday. It was not only MPlayer, but I had problems wit KDE su too, due to upgrading it from 3.3.0 to 3.4.1 level "a". Now everything is in good "condition" again. But do not worry. As I said , I am newbee, so I will be back soon.

Thank you

Originally posted by skunkburner That wasn't a dig at you - I was just showing how I worked it out. OK a step by step then. - only the make & make install need you to be logged in as root - I am lazy and do it all as root (you can run '$su -' to elevate a normal user to root temporarily). remove your current mplayer download the source code from http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel....0pre7.tar.bz2 uncompress it ('$tar xfj MPlayer-1.0pre7.tar.bz2') download the extra codecs etc de-compress and copy them to /usr/local/lib/codecs (You already have these as you know). cd into its directory ('$cd MPlayer-1.0pre7') (This next steps are the same for *most* programs) Configure the source code for your machine ('$./configure') (note the dot slash (./) in front of configure). when configure finishes running you will see something similar to the output below. you want to see win32 in the codesc section **************************************************************************************************** ***** Install prefix: /usr/local Data directory: /usr/local/share/mplayer Config direct.: /usr/local/etc/mplayer Byte order: little-endian Optimizing for: pentium4 mmx mmx2 sse sse2 mtrr Languages: Messages/GUI: en Manual pages: en Enabled optional drivers: Input: ftp network edl tv matroska cdda mpdvdkit2 vcd smb Codecs: qtx libavcodec real xanim dshow/dmo win32 faad2(internal) libmpeg2 liba52 mp3lib tremor(internal) gif Audio output: alsa esd arts oss sdl mpegpes(file) Video output: xvidix cvidix sdl vesa gif89a md5sum pnm jpeg png mpegpes(file) opengl dga xv x11 xover tga Audio filters: Disabled optional drivers: Input: vstream tv-v4l2 tv-v4l tv-bsdbt848 live.com dvdread dvb Codecs: opendivx x264 xvid libdv amr_wb amr_nb libdts libtheora toolame libmad liblzo Audio output: sgi sun jack polyp dxr2 nas dsound win32 macosx Video output: winvidix bl zr zr2 dxr3 dxr2 directx fbdev svga caca aa ggi xmga mga xvmc directfb tdfx_vid tdfxfb 3dfx quartz Audio filters: ladspa 'config.h' and 'config.mak' contain your configuration options. Note: If you alter theses files (for instance CFLAGS) MPlayer may no longer compile *** DO NOT REPORT BUGS if you tweak these files *** 'make' will now compile MPlayer and 'make install' will install it. Note: On non-Linux systems you might need to use 'gmake' instead of 'make'. Please check mtrr settings at /proc/mtrr (see DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#mtrr) Check configure.log if you wonder why an autodetection failed (check whether the development headers/packages are installed). If you suspect a bug, please read DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html. **************************************************************************************************** ***** Wait for a bit (the slower your machine the longer this takes) Compile the source ('$make') Wait for a bit (the slower your machine the longer this takes) (again) install the newly compiled prog ('$make install') run mplayer and watch your .wmv files. *Note the make program comes with 'gcc' so if you can't 'make' the source you need to install that - it is on the suse cd. * hope this helps

Hi,

I am using Solaris.
I tried all the steps that you have given.
It is failing at compilation itself!!
It is not able to find one of the header files that is included in the source!

So, please tell me how to procced?

Regards,
Narendra

I installed wine and copied codecs to /usr/local/lib/codecs
but I not getting video to work

wine is updated and mplayer is compiled
//mandriva10.1
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oops
i recompiled mplayer again so it began to work better, but video is too bad. impossible to watch. what can i do?

I'm using Suse 10 x86_64

I grabbed all the stuff from Packman including the codecs.

Xine, which is what I prefer, will play wmv files but I only get the sound, no video just a black screen.

Not quite the same problem but similar to the original post.

it is not possible to compile 64bit mplayer with 32bit windll codecs...yet.
bug already reported to mailing list.