problem playing wmv files with mplayer

gtludwig · 10-26-2006, 12:29 PM

Hello all,

In order to play .wmv files in mplayer, I need to download and make available w32 codecs. I'm having trouble trying to get these codecs. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks!

Gustavo

sn68 · 10-26-2006, 12:40 PM

http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...061022.tar.bz2

Else specific codecs can be downloaded from Codecs

gtludwig · 10-29-2006, 06:46 PM

sn68,

I downloaded and untarred that tar ball. Copied the files to the directory indicated, but I still can't open those damned .wmv files...

Thanks, though!

kev000 · 10-29-2006, 08:02 PM

this may seem like an odd question, what distro are you using?

gtludwig · 10-30-2006, 03:30 AM

Slackware 11.0 (32-bit)

samwwwblack · 10-30-2006, 04:27 AM

Open a terminal and su to root, assuming that the all-20061022.tar.bz2 is in the current directory;

Code:

tar xvjf all-20061022.tar.bz2
cd all-20061022/
cp ./* /usr/lib/codecs
exit

Then retry mplayer, preferably in the terminal [ie mplayer /path/to/video/file.wmv] so you can see any error messages.