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J. Scott Thayer, M.D.

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Is there any app that plays .wmv files in LInux? TNX

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wolfi

13 Nov 13 Nov

21:40

New subject: [SLE] Windows Media Viewer files

On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 22:40, J. Scott Thayer, M.D. wrote:

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Is there any app that plays .wmv files in LInux? TNX

Used to work with mplayer just recently on one of my 8.1 boxen Cheers .... Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@gmx.net Linux ... the better OS!

Ben Rosenberg

23:06

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* J. Scott Thayer, M.D. (docscott@141.com) [021113 13:39]: ->Is there any app that plays .wmv files in LInux? For right now..CrossOver by Codeweavers is about the best solution your gonna find. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org Tell me what you believe.. I tell you what you should see.

Mads Martin Joergensen

14 Nov 14 Nov

09:07

New subject: [SLE] Windows Media Viewer files

* Ben Rosenberg [Nov 14. 2002 00:07]:

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* J. Scott Thayer, M.D. (docscott@141.com) [021113 13:39]:

->Is there any app that plays .wmv files in LInux?

For right now..CrossOver by Codeweavers is about the best solution your gonna find.

Or what about MPlayer? That works very good as well, http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/ -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.

Karol Pietrzak

03:38

New subject: [SLE] Windows Media Viewer files

I don't know why no one brought up MPlayer. Why not wolfi and Ben? :) Seriously, though. The MPlayer that comes with SuSE 8.1 is crap since it is not optimized for anything recent (remember, SuSE optimizes for i586) and doesn't support much. SHORT ANSWER: Download and install my RPMs of MPlayer and w32codecs from SF.net: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28610 semi-direct links: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/suserpm/MPlayer-0.90pre10-2.i686.rpm?down... http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/suserpm/w32codecs-0.90-1.i686.rpm?downloa... Open up a file in gmplayer and you should be able to run just about any WMV file. LONG ANSWER: I wish you got more specific Thayer: what exact kind of WMV file? What MS video format? WMV7 or WMV8? What audio? MS WMV7 is just DivX 3.x, which plays fine with the stock MPlayer source (via ffmpeg). WMV8, however, has not been reverse-engineered. WMA v1, v2 decoding was actually put into ffmpeg (and thusly integrated into MPlayer) on October 29 [http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/], and no workaround is needed. Hell, Sorenson v3 should playable within the next couple of releases. You'll finally be able to watch those Quicktime trailers natively in Linux! What about everything else? e.g., WMA8... what about when WMV9 comes out soon? The only way around that (reverse engineering would take too damn long) is to use the Win32 codecs found on a Windows installation. MPlayer does this, and that's why you need the second RPM. It contains codecs for everything that MPlayer cannot support natively (e.g., WMV8). Check this out:

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mplayer my_file.asf Using GNU internationalization Original domain: messages Original dirname: /usr/share/locale Current domain: mplayer Current dirname: /usr/share/locale

MPlayer 0.90pre10-3.2 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS) CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 PM Palomino/Athlon MP Multiprocessor/Athlon XP eXtreme Performance (Family: 6, Stepping: 2) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE Reading /home/noodlez/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/noodlez/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Reading /etc/codecs.conf: 44 audio & 110 video codecs init_freetype Using usleep() timing Can't open input config file /home/noodlez/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory Can't open input config file /etc/input.conf : No such file or directory Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config Setting up lirc support... mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: Permission denied Failed opening lirc support! You won't be able to use your remote control Playing Tatu-what_we_were_doing_in_USA.asf Detected ASF file format! ============ ASF Stream group == START === object size = 50 stream count=[0x4][4] stream id=[0x1][1] max bitrate=[0x431f][17183] stream id=[0x2][2] max bitrate=[0x46fe][18174] stream id=[0x3][3] max bitrate=[0x13876][79990] stream id=[0x4][4] max bitrate=[0x3271e][206622] ============ ASF Stream group == END === VIDEO: [WMV1] 240x180 24bpp Clip info: name: Q&A_WhatWereDoingInUS author: T.A.T.U. copyright: ©2002 Interscope Records comments: ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 1 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 2003->44100 (16.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm:ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (ffmpeg)) ========================================================================== vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display) ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family Selected video codec: [ffwmv1] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg M$ WMV1/WMV7) ========================================================================== alsa-init: testing and bugreports are welcome. alsa-init: requested format: 22050 Hz, 2 channels, Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: hw:0,0 alsa9: 22050 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/16384 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian AO: [alsa9] 22050Hz 1ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) Building audio filter chain for 22050Hz/1ch/16bit -> 22050Hz/2ch/16bit... Start playing... VDec: vo config request - 240 x 180 (preferred csp: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied. VO: [xv] 240x180 => 240x180 Planar YV12 A: 18.2 V: 18.3 A-V: -0.068 ct: -0.070 363/363 1% 0% 0.4% 0 0 0% MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: sleep_usleep alsa-uninit: pcm closed

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.... if you look at the output, this file is 100%, pure, home-bred Microsoft. WMAv7 audio and WMVv7 video. Plays fine... Damn this email is long... On Wednesday 13 November 2002 16:40, J. Scott Thayer, M.D. wrote:

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Is there any app that plays .wmv files in LInux? TNX

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Fergus Wilde

10 Mar 10 Mar

09:51

New subject: [SLE] Windows Media Viewer files

"J. Scott Thayer, M.D." wrote:

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Is there any app that plays .wmv files in LInux?

I've been able to play most of the ones I've encountered with MPlayer, but for various licensing reasons the provided SuSE rpm of mplayer doesn't have the full ability range the program is capable of. Head to http://mplayerhq.hu and start reading the compilation docs - it's a bit indigestible, but essentially you are looking to use that site to collect collections of codecs, and then find the right combination of compile flags to compile in support for the file formats you want. MPlayer is not exactly point and click, but is massively capable once you get it running well. Until not long ago I would still find myself booting windows to use MS's media player, now I think MPlayer is much superior. HTH Fergus

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TNX

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Anders Johansson

10:02

New subject: [SLE] Windows Media Viewer files

On Monday 10 March 2003 10:51, Fergus Wilde wrote:

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"J. Scott Thayer, M.D." wrote:

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Is there any app that plays .wmv files in LInux?

I've been able to play most of the ones I've encountered with MPlayer, but for various licensing reasons the provided SuSE rpm of mplayer doesn't have the full ability range the program is capable of. Head to http://mplayerhq.hu and start reading the compilation docs - it's a bit

Grab the binaries on http://packman.links2linux.de. They work

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MPlayer is not exactly point and click

It can be. There are GUIs for it Anders

Gerhard den Hollander

10:08

New subject: [SLE] Windows Media Viewer files

* Fergus Wilde (Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:51:42AM +0000)

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"J. Scott Thayer, M.D." wrote:

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Is there any app that plays .wmv files in LInux?

I've been able to play most of the ones I've encountered with MPlayer, but for various licensing reasons the provided SuSE rpm of mplayer doesn't have the full ability range the program is capable of. Head to http://mplayerhq.hu and start reading the compilation docs - it's a bit indigestible, but essentially you are looking to use that site to collect collections of codecs, and then find the right combination of compile flags to compile in support for the file formats you want. MPlayer is not exactly point and click, but is massively capable once you get it running well. Until not long ago I would still find myself booting windows to use MS's media player, now I think MPlayer is much superior.

And it's not as bad (these days) as it used to be: basically the steps are head over to http://mplayerhq.hu download all the codecs (except the ones marked development only or somesuch) unpack them (as root) under /usr/lib/win32 the download the source tarballs then do a ./configure fix what is necesary (i.e. download extra libs if required) then do make && make install Kind regards, -- Gerhard den Hollander Phone :+31-10.280.1515 Global IT Support manager Direct:+31-10.280.1539 Jason Geosystems BV Fax :+31-10.280.1511 (When calling please note: we are in GMT+1) gdenhollander@jasongeo.com POBox 1573 visit us at http://www.jasongeo.com 3000 BN Rotterdam JASON.......#1 in Reservoir Characterization The Netherlands This e-mail and any attachment is/are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, we request that you do not disseminate, forward, distribute or copy this e-mail message. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and destroy the original message.

Bruce Marshall

17:45

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On Monday 10 March 2003 5:08 am, Gerhard den Hollander wrote:

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* Fergus Wilde (Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:51:42AM +0000)

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"J. Scott Thayer, M.D." wrote:

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Is there any app that plays .wmv files in LInux?

I've been able to play most of the ones I've encountered with MPlayer, but for various licensing reasons the provided SuSE rpm of mplayer doesn't have the full ability range the program is capable of. Head to http://mplayerhq.hu and start reading the compilation docs - it's a bit indigestible, but essentially you are looking to use that site to collect collections of codecs, and then find the right combination of compile flags to compile in support for the file formats you want. MPlayer is not exactly point and click, but is massively capable once you get it running well. Until not long ago I would still find myself booting windows to use MS's media player, now I think MPlayer is much superior.

And it's not as bad (these days) as it used to be: basically the steps are head over to http://mplayerhq.hu download all the codecs (except the ones marked development only or somesuch) unpack them (as root) under /usr/lib/win32

The codecs unpack as w32codec-0.90 So should that be: /usr/lib/w32/w32codec-0.90 ?? or just place what gets unpacked into the /usr/lib/w32 directory? Thanks....

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the download the source tarballs then do a ./configure fix what is necesary (i.e. download extra libs if required) then do make && make install

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Hi, I followed all the directions on http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/ from a clean SuSE install and got a broken system: not able to log on as root afterwards and my fonts changed to something screwy. I did apt-get update and then upgrade. I believe the xfree86 file was initially removed as i could not get back into x. fixed this by installing it. Maybe I upgraded the kernel by mistake. Anyway I'm sticking with Yast and am not going to risk crippling my system again. Also updating to KDE3.1 is easier by just downloading the files as was suggested on this web site. I know that other people have had success with APT, but for me I seemed to have more dependency issues: missing kdebase package was one example. just thought some new might want to be careful with this.

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