allyourtech.com — Having trouble getting .WMV, .WMA, and .ASF files to open on your Linux box? Being forced to dual-boot or switch workstations just to listen to or watch audio and video clips is usually more effort than it's worth. But fortunately, if you are using Xine and one of its frontends like Totem, you can add support for these file formats within Linux.
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leevalDec 29, 2005
This is the same guy that had a tutorial on his other website on how to run Windows 2000 on 32mb of RAM
dharmDec 29, 2005
no go for 64bit, as windows dont even have their s**t ass proprietary codecs on windows in 64bit (still 32bit codecs, and 32bit WMP)but otherwise, this s**t is obvious...MPlayer plays most of its s**t on its own.cough cough cough... is it really hard to emerge win32codecs, or apt-get it...this install is basic of these players, and most s**t to install on linux is easy, so why are nubs on digg are like oh ya, this is helpful./configure && make && make installpeople using linux shouldnt really be looking on a news site for linux tips and how tos... just goto your distro support forum..you use gentoo? goto <a class="user" href="http://forums.gentoo.org">http://forums.gentoo.org</a>ubuntu? <a class="user" href="http://ubuntuforumss.org">http://ubuntuforumss.org</a>get the point?and then for general linux howtos, not distro specific, might wanna hit up <a class="user" href="http://linuxquestions.org">http://linuxquestions.org</a>-lame for being obvious, shame on you *nix nubs
pfunkedDec 29, 2005
'This would never be a problem if so many distributions weren't so hell-bent on keeping me "free" from these "evil proprietary" formats.'That would make these free distributions impossible. Maybe some group should look into packaging a spinoff of Debian/Ubuntu that includes all of the proprietary formats. It may cost the end users $50 in licenses though (or put the distributors or end users at risk of litigation).
masterofshadowsDec 29, 2005
lindows/linspire has had support for all that stuff through the licencing for years, if you wanna go pay the $40 or something for all that crap instead of issuing ONE command, ONCE, be my guest.
bluestarrDec 29, 2005
No don't. Let it wither on the vine. The more people use it the longer it will take to get rid of it.
firerabbitDec 29, 2005
Hey psylence - I didn't know about pitfdll, thanks. I've updated my blog post.
mistermachineDec 29, 2005
i've tried all linux media players, and all variations thereof ... my top 3 placegetters for comprehensive video/browser-streaming support:1)xine w/totem and totem mozilla plugin - perfect plays anything, really2)vlc - mozilla plugin is not quite good enough yet3) mplayer - mozilla plugin hopelessly broken, doesn't seem to play as many codecs anymore.
Closed AccountDec 30, 2005
Just use VLC for Linux
isepicJan 1, 2006
"No don't. Let it wither on the vine. The more people use it the longer it will take to get rid of it." - what a stupid half/brain troll