hey, help with media files needed.....

ksd · 09-29-2003, 05:14 AM

hey ,finally,i got the xf86config loaded into my system.believe me..slackware is excellent.i have loaded slackware 9.though i have to
struggle a bit for a day or two for connecting to internet,the result is nothing less than amazing..mozilla is simply incomparable.good bye ie..by the way, i cant play any of my movie files with extensions .wmv and even .dat are not playing.do i need to fix up some thing in /bin or do i need to download media player from the internet?....help me out....

ksd · 09-29-2003, 05:15 AM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ksd
[B]hey ,finally,i got the xf86config loaded into my system.believe me..slackware is excellent.i have loaded slackware 9.though i have to
struggle a bit for a day or two for connecting to internet,the result is nothing less than amazing..mozilla is simply incomparable.good bye ie..by the way, i cant play any of my movie files with extensions .wmv and even .dat are not playing.do i need to fix up some thing in /bin or do i need to download media player from the internet?....help me out....

Thymox · 09-29-2003, 05:24 AM

You may already have MPlayer on your install CDs (I can't remember) - but if I were you, I would go and download it and the Win32 codecs that can also be found it their site. Honestly the most comprehensive media player for *nix systems.

wonderpun · 09-29-2003, 07:38 AM

Yes like Thymox said I too suggest MPlayer. You can find it on www.mplayerhq.hu Download the main program plus the Win32 codecs and for the future if you would like to play Quicktime and other formats you should download all the codecs from the website. Check out MPlayers README. It explains how to install the codecs and the program. (Also how to install the Skin and Fonts for mplayer) Good luck!