[ale] .wmv on linux

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Tim Watts wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Anyone have luck getting .wmv files to play? I'm using Kaffeine and have 
> followed their FAQ suggestions of getting the latest mplayer codecs for win32 
> (dowloaded it from their site) and copy them to either: 
> 
> /usr/local/lib/[win32|codecs]
> /usr/lib/[win32|codecs]
>  
> but no luck (I've tried all combinations). I always get the error: "No plugin 
> found to handle this resource".
> 
> I'm not married to Kaffeine. Anything that can play .wmv's (and quicktime 
> would be nice too) will do. (But I don't want to use wine --  too much 
> overhead).

Did you run ldconfig afterwards?

I always update my boxes with the packman goodies (thanks to James 
Taylor) that handle all the missing codecs.  I can play pretty much 
anything on these boxes.  What distro are you running?

--
Until later, Geoffrey