How do you play WMV files in Mandriva 2007 free version

[hard worker]

I'm a newbie, so sorry if this seems like a silly request, but whenever I click on a link to a WMV file, it opens KMPlayer, and seems to run, but no picture is displayed.

Is this blocked in the free version because MPEGs seem to play fine.

Thanks

Mark

[antidrugue]

You first need to add the proper repositories, from which you can download non-free multimedia codecs. More info here :
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/

Then you'll need to install the package win32-codecs.

[hard worker]

Thank you Antidrugue for your response. After I download the files, how do I install the package Win32-codec?

[antidrugue]

Once urpmi is rightly configured (using the instructions provided on the site I gave you the link), you can simply install it like that :

urpmi win32-codecs

[apsel]

I would also suggest

urpmi kplayer

if you are looking for a standalone player, KPlayer is much better than KMPlayer. But leave KMPlayer around for when you need to play videos embedded in web pages.