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Re: Playing wmv files



Hi!

When playing wmv file with mplayer, I only got sound but no image. I guess
that I was able to play wmv file on my old i386 computer because of w32codecs
package that is not available on sid-amd64 (and I understand why)
Is there a way to play this format under sid-amd64 without having to set up
an i386 chroot system ?

AFAIK no, because the w32codecs require the 32bit libs and not the installed 64bit libs.

BTW: is it easy to use a chrooted i386 system ? I started to read
something about it but the article won't say what I want to hear : I mean let's say i'm
booting under sid-amd64 can I easily just run a program such as wine by just typing
a command or is it more "casse couille" ?

Set it up like presented in the howto and add the optinal dchroot as shown.
With the shell-script for the dchroot you will later see no difference between 32 (chrooted) and 64bit app.

Greets
Sebastian



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