.wmv files?

[Gene Heskett]

Greetings;

Running FC2 here, with kde3.3.0.

What codec & the url to it, do I need to install to play a .wmv file?

[Ben Stringer]

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

[Gene Heskett]

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.

[roland]

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
[e-mail]

[Stuart Sears]

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

[roland]

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
>
> fedora-list mailing list
> [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

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
[e-mail]

[Jeff Vian]

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
> >
> > fedora-list mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>
> 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
> [e-mail]

[Ben Stringer]

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
> >
> > fedora-list mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>
> 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
> [e-mail]