Clementine does not play wma

cybernetico · 10-24-2014, 06:13 AM

Good staff ...
I use the music player Clementine on my Ubuntu 14:10 but he does not play wma files

Can anyone help me?

Be well ...

jdkaye · 10-24-2014, 10:54 AM

Have you installed the libavcodec54 libavcodec55 libavcodec56 packages?
jdk

cybernetico · 10-24-2014, 02:14 PM

Yes, I have the packages and libavcodec54 libavcodec56 installed. The other package does not appear to me in the Ubuntu Software Center

there any command that can take in order to install?

ondoho · 10-24-2014, 02:27 PM

seems gstreamer-related:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/45607...issing-a-plugi
http://askubuntu.com/questions/44896...4a-wma-and-wav

jdkaye · 10-24-2014, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cybernetico

Yes, I have the packages and libavcodec54 libavcodec56 installed. The other package does not appear to me in the Ubuntu Software Center

there any command that can take in order to install?

You can try this:

Code:

apt-cache search libavcodec*

You could also run Clementine from a commandline when trying to play a .wma file and see what errors it throws up. Can you play .wma files with mplayer or vlc?
jdk

cybernetico · 10-24-2014, 03:13 PM

Thank you guys.
Is there any way to do this in Ubuntu 14:10?

ondoho · 10-24-2014, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cybernetico

Is there any way to do this in Ubuntu 14:10?

well, the same way you would do it on ubuntu 14.04, i guess. or on windows98, for that matter:
click links, do your research, type commands, see magic happen.

cybernetico · 10-24-2014, 05:32 PM

I've tried running the commands that were said to me here in the forum but did not result

and gave me some errors ...
Send the image attached with errors ...

ondoho · 10-25-2014, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cybernetico

I've tried running the commands that were said to me here in the forum...

my commands, though unspoken, were those:

- Go click those links!
- Read everything!
- Think! Does it apply to your situation?
- If yes, do what it says, but again: Think! do you need to adapt the commands?
- Enter the commands! Think!
- Try playing wma again! Does it work now?
- If not: Reboot!

cybernetico · 10-25-2014, 07:26 AM

Thanks guys, but I can not for the Clementine to play wma on Ubuntu 14.10. I'll try another music player. What is your advice to get a good music player?

273 · 10-25-2014, 10:50 AM

I don't know how Ubuntu does it but on Debian the package w32codecs or w64codecs must be installed from the Deb Multimedia repository. I think similar is availabld from the standard Ubuntu repositories though. Bear in mind that, to my knowledge, you will not be able to play lossless or DRM encumbered .wmv files at all on Linux.

jdkaye · 10-25-2014, 10:58 AM

I can play wma files using mplayer, vlc, amarok, dragonplayer.... In short, I can play them on every media player I have installed. Playing a .wma file with mplayer from a terminal gives this information:

Code:

Playing /tmp/test.wma.
libavformat version 56.7.101 (internal)
ASF file format detected.
[asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
Load subtitles in /tmp/
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
libavcodec version 56.1.101 (internal)
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 96.0 kbit/3.40% (ratio: 12003->352800)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))

jdk

John VV · 10-25-2014, 03:01 PM

some Microsoft "windows media audio " or video files will need "special" codecs from the people that made the file
--- DRM , gota love it

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273 · 10-25-2014, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdkaye

I can play wma files using mplayer, vlc, amarok, dragonplayer.... In short, I can play them on every media player I have installed. Playing a .wma file with mplayer from a terminal gives this information:

Code:

Playing /tmp/test.wma.
libavformat version 56.7.101 (internal)
ASF file format detected.
[asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
Load subtitles in /tmp/
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
libavcodec version 56.1.101 (internal)
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 96.0 kbit/3.40% (ratio: 12003->352800)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))

jdk

Where did you get the files from and have you installed any codecs to do so? It might help the OP to know this.

ondoho · 10-25-2014, 04:09 PM

^ the mplayer output is kinda self-explanatory, about what codecs are used and so on.

cybernetico: just try one out. and then another. some recommend audacious or deadbeef. others recommend mplayer, or mpd.

will it solve your problem with codecs? i don't know.