Video codec MS WMV 9 (win32)

[John Wendel]

Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> I am trying to play a video file with extension WMP, but I get the
> following error:
> 
> "Video codec 'MS WMV 9 (win32)' is not handled. You might need to
> install additional plugins to be able to play some types of movies"
> 
> What codec should I install to view that file?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Paul
> 

You didn't mention which player you're using. I'm using "mplayer" and 
I installed the "all" codec pack from the mplayer website.


all  	all codecs for Linux x86 (Win32 .dll and Linux .so)  	20050412 
  	12.3M

Works fine for playing windows media files.

Regards,

John