On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 06:30, Ti Kan wrote:
Paul Cartwright writes:
On Saturday 23 October 2004 6:13 am, David Robertson wrote:
You should be able to play .wmv files with MPlayer and the w32 codecs installed.
it isn't listed under search or packages when I check YAST, why is that?
Because mplayer isn't bundled in SuSE Linux. You can also use xine (or kaffeine, which uses the xine engine) to play the same files. Xine and kaffeine are included with SuSE.
-Ti -- Ti Kan http://www.amb.org/ti Vorsprung durch Technik
SuSE distributes versions of Mplayer and xine that have certain playback capabilities turned off permanently, at compile time, or effectively disabled because certain libraries & codecs have not been included -- for copyright and other legal reasons. The easiest way to enable most of these 'switched-off' capabilities is to install 'aftermarket' rpms from sites like packman. [While you're there, and depending upon your browser preferences, you might also want to look at mplayerplug-in or Plugger.] In any case, take your time, read all the fine print and follow all the links pertaining to dependencies. You shouldn't have much trouble :-) regards, - Carl