Anonymous

Hello,

First before i begin i know that that WMV is a microsoft standard, but the fact is i still have some WMV films which i would like to play on linux, here is what i have tried to do to overcome the problem:

1. Obviously i first tried to change the format, to .avi but when i do this i again only see the film for about a minute and then it causes and error ( dont ask what kind) but overall it did not do much.

2. I downloaded a program that claimed it could play wmv files on Linux i think it was here http://www.medium-player-download.de...layer-wmv.html

If there are any other suggestions i am all ears.

Best Regards

variant

mplayer plays all wmv movies and any other movie format you can think up:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage

I strongly recommend you download the source code and compile it as the rpm that suse distributes is severly broken and can only play a few file formats

heema

yeah i play my wmv movies with gmplayer

Slip

I use Xine

http://xinehq.de/

variant

Can xine play wmv9?

logan5

According to the Xine web page it will handle
asf (.asf, .wmv, .wma) - Window Media Video 8,9

http://xinehq.de/index.php/features

zba78

My xine works fine with wmv, wmf, wma

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Mariano

Hi,

To play .wmv .asf, etc in Xine you only have to download windows codecs from
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html
to folder /usr/lib/win32 (default for Xine). If you don't have this folder, create it an then put in it all files of "essential codecs package". This only package is enough.

Regards

Stormblazer

I still reccomend MPlayer over Xine.
If you don't like MPlayer that much, use VLC instead.

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denetarik

Hi to all! And what about Streaming? Do they (Xine and MPlayer) can work with these formats of streaming? (asf, wma, wmv). For example, to view an embedded clip in a Web Page?
What about RealPlayer for Windows? or VLC?

Thanks very much!!