are there any plugins for xmms which support *.wmv playback?

asilentmurmur · 01-10-2007, 03:36 PM

Hey everyone, is there a special plugin for XMMS which allows one to play *.wmv files on Slack 10? If yes, where can i find it?

Furlinastis · 01-10-2007, 03:40 PM

Maybe I'm confused but xmms is an audio player so you cannot play video on it. Use xine instead.

asilentmurmur · 01-10-2007, 03:47 PM

oh well i assumed that xmms is the linux equivalent of Winamp. I play .wmv files all the time in winamp on my windows box. I tried playing the wmv file in xine and this is what i got:

The Stream
'/home/user/downloads/10.wmv' use an unsupported codec:

Video codec: MS WMV 8 (Win32) (WMV) Start Playback anyway?

when i click on yes, it plays the audio only but i also get a popup that says: a problem occured while loading a library or a decoder: wmvdmod.dll

any ideas on what is going wrong here?

The Headacher · 01-10-2007, 03:57 PM

Some distributions don't include the needed codecs for that, to prevent possible licensing issues. You can get them (and the info on installing them) here: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html

Ilgar · 01-10-2007, 04:21 PM

I have mplayer plugin for xmms so (through mplayer) I can play video files in XMMS.

H_TeXMeX_H · 01-10-2007, 05:45 PM

Install the codecs from here:
http://www3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/

I recommend the all-20061022.tar.bz2

asilentmurmur · 01-10-2007, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

Install the codecs from here:
http://www3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/

I recommend the all-20061022.tar.bz2

are those plugins only for mplayer or for xmms too? Would i need to install the mplayer plugin for xmms to get those plugins to work?

rickh · 01-10-2007, 06:27 PM

You may also need the xmms plugin, xmms-xmmplayer. I'm sure that would require having mplayer and it's codecs installed as well.

H_TeXMeX_H · 01-10-2007, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asilentmurmur

are those plugins only for mplayer or for xmms too? Would i need to install the mplayer plugin for xmms to get those plugins to work?

They're not plugins, they are codecs and they will work with mplayer, xine, VLC, and also with xmms with the mplayer plugin for xmms. So, yes you need to install the mplayer plugin for xmms as well. (Why not just use mplayer or xine or VLC ? ... whatever it's your choice)