Greetings;
Running FC2 here, with kde3.3.0.
What codec & the url to it, do I need to install to play a .wmv file?
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 00:05 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings;
Running FC2 here, with kde3.3.0.
What codec & the url to it, do I need to install to play a .wmv file?
I got this going using the mplayer-plugin. It also required grabbing a bunch of Windows codecs from the mplayer site.
Here is my recipe (may vary depending on the rpms you already have). You will need the livna repositories in your /etc/yum.repos.d
yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins
cd /usr/lib/win32 wget http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar.bz2 tar xjvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2 cd essential-20050412 mv * .. rm essential-20050412.tar.bz2
Then point firefox at a wmv file. This also gives you quicktime, which was what I really wanted.
Cheers, Ben
On Friday 28 October 2005 01:33, Ben Stringer wrote:
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 00:05 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings;
Running FC2 here, with kde3.3.0.
What codec & the url to it, do I need to install to play a .wmv file?
I got this going using the mplayer-plugin. It also required grabbing a bunch of Windows codecs from the mplayer site.
Here is my recipe (may vary depending on the rpms you already have). You will need the livna repositories in your /etc/yum.repos.d
yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins
cd /usr/lib/win32 wget http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar .bz2 tar xjvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2 cd essential-20050412 mv * ..
needs a cd .. here
rm essential-20050412.tar.bz2
Then point firefox at a wmv file. This also gives you quicktime, which was what I really wanted.
Cheers, Ben
Many thanks Ben, it worked just fine.
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 15:33 +1000, Ben Stringer wrote:
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 00:05 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings;
Running FC2 here, with kde3.3.0.
What codec & the url to it, do I need to install to play a .wmv file?
I got this going using the mplayer-plugin. It also required grabbing a bunch of Windows codecs from the mplayer site.
Here is my recipe (may vary depending on the rpms you already have). You will need the livna repositories in your /etc/yum.repos.d
yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins
cd /usr/lib/win32 wget http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar.bz2 tar xjvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2 cd essential-20050412 mv * .. rm essential-20050412.tar.bz2
Then point firefox at a wmv file. This also gives you quicktime, which was what I really wanted.
Cheers, Ben
How can I point firefox to this directory /usr/lib/win32?
I hope this is not a stupid question. thanks
Roland Brouwers C.A.T. bvba Antwerp-Belgium roland@cat.be
On Thursday 08 December 2005 12:03, brouwers roland lx decided we wanted to hear the following:
yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins wget http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar.b z2
mkdir -p /usr/lib/win32 tar xjvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2 -C /usr/lib/win32 --strip-components=1
How can I point firefox to this directory /usr/lib/win32?
you don't. if you have sucessfully installed mplayer and mplayerplug-in the next time you start firefox it should know about various file types and be able to open them in the embedded viewer. restart firefox, type about:plugins into the addressbar, see if the mplayer plug in has registered correctly
some kinds of .wmv files you will *not* be able to play - encrypted and DRM-saddled files are a no-go.
Stuart
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 12:40 +0000, Stuart Sears wrote:
On Thursday 08 December 2005 12:03, brouwers roland lx decided we wanted to hear the following:
yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins wget http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar.b z2
mkdir -p /usr/lib/win32 tar xjvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2 -C /usr/lib/win32 --strip-components=1
How can I point firefox to this directory /usr/lib/win32?
you don't. if you have sucessfully installed mplayer and mplayerplug-in the next time you start firefox it should know about various file types and be able to open them in the embedded viewer. restart firefox, type about:plugins into the addressbar, see if the mplayer plug in has registered correctly
some kinds of .wmv files you will *not* be able to play - encrypted and DRM-saddled files are a no-go.
Stuart
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yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins doesn't give anything Where can i download it or yum another way? What will be the application to launch if one does not use firefox?
Thanks
Roland Brouwers C.A.T. bvba Antwerp-Belgium roland@cat.be
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 14:04 +0100, brouwers roland lx wrote:
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 12:40 +0000, Stuart Sears wrote:
On Thursday 08 December 2005 12:03, brouwers roland lx decided we wanted to hear the following:
yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins wget http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar.b z2
mkdir -p /usr/lib/win32 tar xjvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2 -C /usr/lib/win32 --strip-components=1
How can I point firefox to this directory /usr/lib/win32?
you don't. if you have sucessfully installed mplayer and mplayerplug-in the next time you start firefox it should know about various file types and be able to open them in the embedded viewer. restart firefox, type about:plugins into the addressbar, see if the mplayer plug in has registered correctly
some kinds of .wmv files you will *not* be able to play - encrypted and DRM-saddled files are a no-go.
Stuart
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yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins doesn't give anything Where can i download it or yum another way? What will be the application to launch if one does not use firefox?
At present, if the file is DRM or encrypted AFAIK the *only* option is to use winblows. They have pretty well tied that access up for us.
Thanks
Roland Brouwers C.A.T. bvba Antwerp-Belgium roland@cat.be
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 14:04 +0100, brouwers roland lx wrote:
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 12:40 +0000, Stuart Sears wrote:
On Thursday 08 December 2005 12:03, brouwers roland lx decided we wanted to hear the following:
yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins wget http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar.b z2
mkdir -p /usr/lib/win32 tar xjvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2 -C /usr/lib/win32 --strip-components=1
How can I point firefox to this directory /usr/lib/win32?
you don't. if you have sucessfully installed mplayer and mplayerplug-in the next time you start firefox it should know about various file types and be able to open them in the embedded viewer. restart firefox, type about:plugins into the addressbar, see if the mplayer plug in has registered correctly
some kinds of .wmv files you will *not* be able to play - encrypted and DRM-saddled files are a no-go.
Stuart
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yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins doesn't give anything
As I originally said, you need the livna repos in your yum config. Enabling the livna repos is well documented on this list, most fedora support sites etc.
Where can i download it or yum another way? What will be the application to launch if one does not use firefox?
mplayer
Cheers, Ben
Thanks
Roland Brouwers C.A.T. bvba Antwerp-Belgium roland@cat.be