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Jim

28 Jan 2004 28 Jan '04

04:14

Does anyone know of a Linux video player that will play .wmv format?? Thanks, Jim

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Anders Johansson

28 Jan 28 Jan

04:21

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On Wednesday 28 January 2004 05.14, Jim wrote:

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Does anyone know of a Linux video player that will play .wmv format??

Both xine and mplayer will do it. Get either or both from http://packman.links2linux.org, and perhaps a nice frontend like Kaffeine Don't forget to get all the packages listed as "required", especially the w32codecs package. That's the one that lets them play wmv files/streams

Jim

04:29

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On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 23:21, Anders Johansson wrote:

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On Wednesday 28 January 2004 05.14, Jim wrote:

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Does anyone know of a Linux video player that will play .wmv format??

Both xine and mplayer will do it. Get either or both from http://packman.links2linux.org, and perhaps a nice frontend like Kaffeine Don't forget to get all the packages listed as "required", especially the w32codecs package. That's the one that lets them play wmv files/streams

I appreciate the info. Jim

Jay Vollmer

05:49

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On Tuesday 27 January 2004 22:29, Jim wrote:

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On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 23:21, Anders Johansson wrote:

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On Wednesday 28 January 2004 05.14, Jim wrote:

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Does anyone know of a Linux video player that will play .wmv format??

Both xine and mplayer will do it. Get either or both from http://packman.links2linux.org, and perhaps a nice frontend like Kaffeine Don't forget to get all the packages listed as "required", especially the w32codecs package. That's the one that lets them play wmv files/streams

Sorry to hijack the thread, but how do I go about configuring Mozilla/Mplayer so that I can play .wmv files/streams in Mozilla via Mplayer? I have the MIMEtypes assigned in KDE and they work on the desktop, but how can I get them to work in the browser? Tried Plugger - that didn't do it. -- JAY VOLLMER JVOLLMER@CONSOLIDATEDLINT.COM TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK IGNORE FULLWISE

Anders Johansson

05:47

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On Wednesday 28 January 2004 06.49, Jay Vollmer wrote:

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Tried Plugger - that didn't do it.

Try mplayerplug-in, available from packman

The Nyc0n

06:05

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i just installed vmware and winex using the yast rpm installer, but I don't see the programs under the program list, where do I update the list? Or where can I find the file to launch the program?

Jay Vollmer

06:17

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On Tuesday 27 January 2004 23:47, Anders Johansson wrote:

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On Wednesday 28 January 2004 06.49, Jay Vollmer wrote:

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Tried Plugger - that didn't do it.

Try mplayerplug-in, available from packman

That's it - thank you for your kindness. -- JAY VOLLMER JVOLLMER@CONSOLIDATEDLINT.COM TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK IGNORE FULLWISE

Tom Nielsen

06:50

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On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 21:49, Jay Vollmer wrote:

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On Tuesday 27 January 2004 22:29, Jim wrote:

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On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 23:21, Anders Johansson wrote:

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On Wednesday 28 January 2004 05.14, Jim wrote:

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Does anyone know of a Linux video player that will play .wmv format??

Both xine and mplayer will do it. Get either or both from http://packman.links2linux.org, and perhaps a nice frontend like Kaffeine Don't forget to get all the packages listed as "required", especially the w32codecs package. That's the one that lets them play wmv files/streams

Sorry to hijack the thread, but how do I go about configuring Mozilla/Mplayer so that I can play .wmv files/streams in Mozilla via Mplayer?

I have the MIMEtypes assigned in KDE and they work on the desktop, but how can I get them to work in the browser?

Tried Plugger - that didn't do it.

Where can I get Mplayer???? The one I downloaded before wouldn't install. Tom

Patrick Shanahan

13:30

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* Tom Nielsen [01-28-04 01:50]:

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Where can I get Mplayer???? The one I downloaded before wouldn't install.

As Anders stated in this same post: Both xine and mplayer will do it. Get either or both from http://packman.links2linux.org, and perhaps a nice frontend like Kaffeine Don't forget to get all the packages listed as "required", especially the w32codecs package. That's the one that lets them play wmv files/streams <duh> -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org

Tom Nielsen

16:03

New subject: [SLE] .wmv player for Linux

On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 05:30, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Tom Nielsen [01-28-04 01:50]:

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Where can I get Mplayer???? The one I downloaded before wouldn't install.

As Anders stated in this same post:

Both xine and mplayer will do it. Get either or both from http://packman.links2linux.org, and perhaps a nice frontend like Kaffeine Don't forget to get all the packages listed as "required", especially the w32codecs package. That's the one that lets them play wmv files/streams

<duh> <---I guess I deserve that one :-\

Let me try this, I've got Xine, Kaffeine and w32codecs installed. Can't play wmv files. Do I have to do anything to Kaffeine to get the codecs plugged in....other than to run it? Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

Patrick Shanahan

16:09

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* Tom Nielsen [01-28-04 11:03]:

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Let me try this, I've got Xine, Kaffeine and w32codecs installed. Can't play wmv files. Do I have to do anything to Kaffeine to get the codecs plugged in....other than to run it?

If you followed the directions and installed all of the suggested software, you will be able to play wmv files, BUT.... Even in windoz, unless you use m$explorer, some wmv files will not play and some will not play as a stream (you can download and play from disk). I have a friend who tries not to use explorer, uses mozilla, and experiences this. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org

michael norman

17:27

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On Wednesday 28 January 2004 16:09, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Tom Nielsen [01-28-04 11:03]:

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Let me try this, I've got Xine, Kaffeine and w32codecs installed. Can't play wmv files. Do I have to do anything to Kaffeine to get the codecs plugged in....other than to run it?

If you followed the directions and installed all of the suggested software, you will be able to play wmv files, BUT.... Even in windoz, unless you use m$explorer, some wmv files will not play and some will not play as a stream (you can download and play from disk). I have a friend who tries not to use explorer, uses mozilla, and experiences this. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org

If you get mplayer from packman, install that and kmplayer then you should be able to play the in Konq. It works here. Mike

Tom Nielsen

29 Jan 29 Jan

06:37

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On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 05:30, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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Both xine and mplayer will do it. Get either or both from http://packman.links2linux.org, and perhaps a nice frontend like Kaffeine Don't forget to get all the packages listed as "required", especially the w32codecs package. That's the one that lets them play wmv files/streams

<duh>

OK, so I went to packman and downloaded everything. I'm missing liblzo.so. I can't seem to find what that file is to. Any thoughts? Tom

Anders Johansson

06:49

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On Thursday 29 January 2004 07.37, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 05:30, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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Both xine and mplayer will do it. Get either or both from http://packman.links2linux.org, and perhaps a nice frontend like Kaffeine Don't forget to get all the packages listed as "required", especially the w32codecs package. That's the one that lets them play wmv files/streams

<duh>

OK, so I went to packman and downloaded everything. I'm missing liblzo.so. I can't seem to find what that file is to. Any thoughts?

lzo.rpm If you install using red carpet it will take care of the dependencies for you

BandiPat

11:35

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On Thursday 29 January 2004 01:37 am, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 05:30, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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Both xine and mplayer will do it. Get either or both from http://packman.links2linux.org, and perhaps a nice frontend like Kaffeine Don't forget to get all the packages listed as "required", especially the w32codecs package. That's the one that lets them play wmv files/streams

<duh>

OK, so I went to packman and downloaded everything. I'm missing liblzo.so. I can't seem to find what that file is to. Any thoughts?

Tom =============

Check your SuSE cd's or dvd for lzo, Tom or use red carpet as Anders suggests. :o) Lee -- --- KMail v1.6 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.0 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...

Patrick Shanahan

14:26

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* Tom Nielsen [01-29-04 01:44]:

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OK, so I went to packman and downloaded everything. I'm missing liblzo.so. I can't seem to find what that file is to. Any thoughts?

pin liblzo will provide the answer. man pin -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org

Butrus orman

28 Jan 28 Jan

11:36

New subject: [SLE] .wmv player for Linux

i know totem does On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 23:14, Jim wrote:

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Does anyone know of a Linux video player that will play .wmv format??

Thanks,

Jim

Martin Mielke

14:45

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On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 23:14, Jim wrote:

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Does anyone know of a Linux video player that will play .wmv format??

Use MPlayer -> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ - Read the docs for more info. HTH, Martin

plain

2 Feb 2 Feb

10:26

New subject: [SLE] .wmv player for Linux

On Wednesday 28 January 2004 04:45, Martin Mielke wrote:

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On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 23:14, Jim wrote:

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Does anyone know of a Linux video player that will play .wmv format??

Use MPlayer -> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ - Read the docs for more info.

HTH,

Martin

Thanks, I followed your advice and installed mplayer from mplayerhq.hu. Stuck a dvd in my dvd burner, gave it a command line instruction and ...it played! So the hard work is done! But when i tried to install with gui enabled, configure halts with the error no GTK found. I have installed gtk-devel, gtk2-devel, gtkmm-devel and a couple of other related apps, apparently i missed something. Can someone please give me a pointer on just what mplayer needs from gtk in order to install a gui? The configure log file just stops at "checking for gtk..." tia Dimitris

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