problem playing .wmv files

bhert · 08-27-2006, 04:01 AM

Hello fellow Suse users. I have a weird problem trying to play wmv files. Xine and mplayer plays all files with other extensions except .wmv files. I installed w32codecs-all for suse 10.0 it is installed in /usr/lib/win32 with a link called codecs.I made sure xine points to the win32 folder but still won't play wmv files. I assumed mplayer does that by default. It is driving me crazy that I can't play these dang wmv files. Does anyone have a solution to this strange problem? Help would be appreciated.

bhert

google01103 · 08-27-2006, 06:54 AM

Are you using the Packman rpm's? If not they should solve you problrm

bhert · 08-27-2006, 04:56 PM

Yes, I downloaded the codecs for suse 10.0 from packman. Any other ideas? BTW, I read somewhere that Suse normally has problems dealing with win32codecs. Is that true?

google01103 · 08-27-2006, 05:21 PM

Suse cripples wmv and mp3 capabilities, all your av rpm's should be 3rd party (Suse, Guru). See http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/254/0/

bhert · 08-27-2006, 05:40 PM

Thanks, I will try the webpage. BTW, the page was for suse 10.1 but I found a link to 10.0. Will let you know how it goes.

bhert · 08-27-2006, 07:41 PM

I added software repositories to my yast installation sources list which included sites to packman and three other kernel.org sites. I then deleted mplayer and w32codec-all and then used yast to install mplayer and w32codec-all again. Nothing has changed. Grrr, the suse is being really stubborn. Could it be a problem with the system?

bhert · 08-28-2006, 06:32 AM

Hello, doesn't anyone have anymore solutions?

google01103 · 08-28-2006, 02:45 PM

Are you running 64bit or 32bit?

bhert · 08-28-2006, 03:34 PM

It's 32 bit. It's an 850 mhz Pentium 3 computer

bhert · 08-29-2006, 07:02 PM

So, what you are saying is that suse is crippled when it comes to playing .wav files but can play .mov, .mpeg and mpg?

bhert · 08-30-2006, 08:38 PM

Guess no one can help me

karelvdm · 08-31-2006, 06:25 AM

I'll check mine tonight. I started with Suse 9.1 and went through to 10.1. I'm now on SLED 10. Great 3d effects but it messes around with my games. Got my DVD's to work, so surely we can make the rest to work. I'll let U know.

bhert · 08-31-2006, 06:39 AM

Allright, let me know soon. BTW did the did the older Suse play .wmvs?

samwwwblack · 08-31-2006, 07:41 AM

Does this problem disappear when running as root? Try opening a console and typing

Code:

su -c "mplayer /path/to/media/file.wmv"

If this works, the codecs need checking for correct permissions (refer to SuSE Howtos for this)

If not, try the following;

Open a konsole, su to root and copy and paste:

Code:

mkdir -p /usr/lib/win32/ && \
cd /usr/lib/win32/ && \
wget http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20060611.tar.bz2 && \
tar -jxf essential-20060611.tar.bz2 && \
mv essential-20060611/* .

[Note, the final full stop is important]

Then retry mplayer as a normal user and as root user.
[the above code is from http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=2873]

bhert · 08-31-2006, 11:22 AM

I did everything you wanted me to do as a normal user and root. It ended up with the errors.
What do you think? Looks like sound drivers. If it is, then how can it play mov and mpg and mpegs?
Here are the results on the console.

ASF file format detected.
VIDEO: [WMV3] 1280x720 24bpp 1000.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
name:
author:
copyright:
comments:
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs
DMO dll supports VO Optimizations 0 1
DMO dll might use previous sample when requested
GetOutput r=0x0 size:2764800 align:1
StreamCount r=0x0 1 1
Decoder supports the following formats: YV12 YUY2 UYVY YVYU RGB8 RGB555 RGB565 RGB24 RGB32
Decoder is capable of YUV output (flags 0x1b)
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Packed YUY2)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [xv] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
aspect: Warning: no suitable new res found!
Selected video codec: [wmv9dmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video 9 DMO)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 192.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 24000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
==========================================================================
Opening /dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0
DVB AUDIO DEVICE: : No such file or directory
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
alsa-init: using device default
alsa: 48000 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/65536 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)?,?% 0 0

MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module: vo_check_events