From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Olszewski Subject: Re: WMV File Extension Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:10:34 -0800 Message-ID: <4386729A.8060106@comarre.com> References: <20051125085343.500bbf2c@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20051125085343.500bbf2c@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Peter wrote: > Hi, > > can a file with .wmv extension be played in Linux and if yes how? Probably. (Technically, it depends on the specific codec used for the file, but I've played some of them in the past, using either xine or mplayer.) > > Totem tries to open it, then telling I need additional plugins but wont tell > which one. If I read my package descriptions right, Totem is a wrapper for xine. It's actually xine, not totem, that's telling you this. The info you want for xine is at: http://xinehq.de/index.php/faq#WMV If you have more specific questions after reading this link, post a followup. Oh, and mention if you're using Slackware or Ubuntu this time around. If Ubuntu, I can direct you to an "unofficial" Debian repository that probably has what you need as .deb packages. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs