how to play wma files

serafimg · 12-03-2006, 02:38 PM

How can I play wma files with at least one of the following programms?:
1.Vlc
2.Rhythmbox Music Player
3.Movie Player
4.Amarok

(My operating system is Ubuntu 6.10)

Fle>< · 12-03-2006, 04:43 PM

vlc can play wma files: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html
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on gentoo you have to compile mplayer with win32codecs enabled.

fragos · 12-03-2006, 06:27 PM

mplayer is my personal choice. It works fine in the Gnome environment you appear to be using or in KDE for that matter.

SMukhuti · 12-04-2006, 04:49 AM

I have tried compiling mplayer with win32 codecs. Most of the time it works fine. But I noticed that it was not able to play wma files that I encoded using Windows Media Player 10.

Fle>< · 12-04-2006, 05:03 AM

maybe the file is corrupted... can you post it?

serafimg · 12-30-2006, 10:33 AM

VLC opens the file. Shows the track's length correctly and the progress bar is moving properly but there is no music playing. Nothing but silence!! I can't post a file that you asked me, can I?
It can't be corrupted because vlc has the same behaviour for all my wma files.

fragos · 12-30-2006, 02:17 PM

I checked a description for win32 codecs and it specifically said support for Windows Media Player 9. There are lots of other media formats. I stick with ogg and mp3 myself. Microsoft can't change these to make them only work on Windows.