Re: mplayer is unable to play some wmv files
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 06:42:04PM -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> > Usually, I can play .wmv files with mplayer. But it is not able to play
> > certain wmv files, for reasons that I am unaware of. The image looks
> > garbled up when I run mplayer. I have tried aviplay, xine, mplayer,
> > kplayer and none of them work. I have already installed w32codecs. I am
> > using Sid.
> >
> > Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? The file is pretty big (0.5
> > gig) and proprietary, so I cannot host it on a public server. Has anyone
> > experienced a similar problem? Any ideas/suggestions are most welcome.
Did you install the codecs in their directory BEFORE or AFTER you compiled
Mplayer? It's necessary to install them before. If you didn't do that, you'll
have to recompile.
cheers,
Robert
Reply to: