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problem with playing wmv format video file

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when i try to play a .wmv format video ifle in movie player, it asks for codec . after searching for codec it reponds as no matching codec found. when i tr vlc, then jast vlc player opens and it does nothing. what is the alternate solution for playing these files

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Petr Pulc (petrpulc) said : 		#1

Medibuntu is answer to your question. Go ahead and try to visit medibuntu.org. The repository howto should answer other questions connected with codec problems in Ubuntu.

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abhinaba moulik (abhinaba-moulik) said : 		#2

try to play it with totem xine backened or by gnome mplayer

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:02 PM, assembler <
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> New question #67157 on firefox-3.0 in ubuntu:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+question/67157
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> when i try to play a .wmv format video ifle in movie player, it asks for
> codec . after searching for codec it reponds as no matching codec found.
> when i tr vlc, then jast vlc player opens and it does nothing. what is the
> alternate solution for playing these files
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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said : 		#3

Hello, please take a look at

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-mplayer-and-multimedia-codecs-libdvdcss2w32codecsw64codecs-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex.html

Good luck

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assembler (anurag-imp) said : 		#4

It didn't work. I already have VLC player. The same file is well playing in windows.

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Petr Pulc (petrpulc) said : 		#5

Seems like it is not a problem with player, but with the codec. Try again installing medibuntu packages, they really shoud help you.

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sreekanta.s (sreekanta125) said : 		#6

i have downloaded many movies of .mkv and .wmv formates .those are not supported what i have to do ?

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