Re: VLC no longer plays *.wmv video format

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:21:55 +0100, AG wrote:

> Up until a few days ago, VLC used to play *.wmv format video files just
> fine.  Now, for some unknown (to me) reason, it no longer does so.
> 
> I have tried other video players (e.g. xine) and they work fine, so I
> believe that it isn't the lack of a codec, even though that is the error
> message VLC gives me when I attempt to play *.wmv files.

And the error you are getting is...

> Has anyone else come across this and/ or have an idea what this is about
> and - more crucially - how to fix this?

vlc --verbose 2 file.wmv

Also, try by empty/move the plugins cache, if present (~/.vlc/cache/
plugins*) to check if that helps.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón