11:05 p.m.
Greetings;
Running FC2 here, with kde3.3.0.
What codec & the url to it, do I need to install to play a .wmv file?
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12:33 a.m.
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
7:44 a.m.
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.
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Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
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6:03 a.m.
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
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6:40 a.m.
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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7:04 a.m.
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
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8:40 p.m.
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
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4:32 a.m.
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
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