[plug] anyone know how to play wmv files under linux?

Brad Campbell brad at wasp.net.au
Thu Jan 5 00:04:01 WST 2006


David Buddrige wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I get funny videos from time 2 time [at work] that are .wmv files.  I
> only run linux at home, and want to show my wife - I've tried realplayer
> for linux, as well as ogle, and Totem movie player, but so far with no
> luck.  Is there some driver/config somewhere I can download that would
> allow me to play .wmv files under linux?

Personally I use mplayer for everything except full dvd's with menus.
I have the win32 codec pack installed (of course this is only going to work on a 32bit x86)


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