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VLC does not support the audio or video format "MSS2" -> unable to play .wmv file using vlc player in Ubuntu

Asked by Sankar Kumar

error video/x-asf while playing wmv file in ubuntu

I tried to play a wmv format file with the help of Totem Movie Player 2.30.2 in ubuntu. But i'm not able to do so. It delivers error message "The playback of this movie requires a video/x-asf-unknown decoder plugin which is not installed." . Kindly help me to come out of this issue...
Regards,
Sankar Kumar.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Try installing the ubuntu-restricted-extras package. It's available in Software Center, or you can install it with apt-get/aptitude.

Also make sure to install the w32codecs package using the following procedure:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-mplayer-and-multimedia-codecs-libdvdcss2w32codecsw64codecs-in-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx.html#more-5275

Here is another handy link:

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-10.04-lucid-lynx

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Sankar Kumar (knighthoods) said : 		#2

When i tried to install w32 video codecs and libdvdcss2 in Ubuntu 10.04. While following the instruction as you mentioned in the link i got the error message as shown below. Kindly look in to this...
Thanks and regards,
Sankar kumar.

sankar@sankar-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get -q update
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_IN
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_IN
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_IN
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Err http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid Release.gpg
  Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid/free Translation-en_IN
  Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid/non-free Translation-en_IN
  Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
^Z
[1]+ Stopped sudo apt-get -q update
sankar@sankar-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
E: Couldn't find package medibuntu-keyring

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Looks like your router (and/or DNS configuration) is experiencing the following bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/574886

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Sankar Kumar (knighthoods) said : 		#4

Eventhough i installed the w32codecs i get the error "video/x-asf-unknown decoder" while tried to play the wmv format file. Please help me out of this issue. Its bugging me.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

Please read all the remarks here:

http://newyork.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1389229

Make sure you are running the 32-bit edition of Ubuntu 10.04.1 , NOT the 64-bit edition.

Install the following packages using the following command:

sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude install libxine1-ffmpeg vlc xine gxine mplayer totem-xine libxine1-plugins

Then try playing the wmv file using vlc player, mplayer, gxine, etc...

Also try playing other .wmv files. It is possible that certain (NOT all) .wmv files use codecs that are not supported by Ubuntu. By playing a few different .wmv files, you can then determine if the issue is with the video players or simply with certain .wmv files that use "exotic, unsupported" codecs.

Please read the following bugreport:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer0.10/+bug/588140

Please also send us the output of the following command, if the previous suggestions did not help:

sudo aptitude search codec w32codecs

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Sankar Kumar (knighthoods) said : 		#6

Hi Mark,
 Thanks for your patience and you support. But the problem still exists.
As you advised i did the same and tried to play using VLC but the error is as below.

When tried to play with VLC player. Im getting error message as below
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "wmas". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "MSS2". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

These are the output for the commands you have provided.

sankar@sankar-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude update
[sudo] password for sankar:
Writing extended state information... Done
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid/free Translation-en_IN
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid/non-free Translation-en_IN
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid Release
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Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
  Something wicked happened resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IN
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_IN
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done

sankar@sankar-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude install libxine1-ffmpeg vlc xine gxine mplayer totem-xine libxine1-plugins
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
No candidate version found for xine
No candidate version found for xine
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gxine libcddb2{a} libdvbpsi5{a} libebml0{a} libiso9660-7{a}
  liblua5.1-0{a} libmatroska0{a} libsdl-image1.2{a} libtar{a} libupnp3{a}
  libvcdinfo0{a} libvlc2{a} libvlccore2{a} libxcb-keysyms1{a}
  libxine1-plugins totem-xine vlc vlc-data{a} vlc-nox{a}
  vlc-plugin-pulse{a}
0 packages upgraded, 20 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.6MB of archives. After unpacking 38.8MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
WARNING: untrusted versions of the following packages will be installed!

Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security.
You should only proceed with the installation if you are certain that
this is what you want to do.

  libxcb-keysyms1 libcddb2 libdvbpsi5 libupnp3 libiso9660-7
  libxine1-plugins liblua5.1-0 libtar libvcdinfo0 libebml0 libmatroska0
  libsdl-image1.2

Do you want to ignore this warning and proceed anyway?
To continue, enter "Yes"; to abort, enter "No": y
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sankar@sankar-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude search codec w32codecs
[sudo] password for sankar:
p catcodec - tool to decode/encode the sample catalogue
p chromium-codecs-ffmpeg - Free ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browse
p chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-dbg - chromium-codecs-ffmpeg debug symbols
p chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra - Extra ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Brows
p chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra-db - chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra debug symbols
p chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-nonfree - dummy upgrade package
p chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-nonfree- - dummy upgrade package
i gnome-codec-install - GStreamer codec installer
p grfcodec - A suite of programs to modify Transport Ty
p libavcodec-dev - development files for libavcodec
i libavcodec-extra-52 - ffmpeg codec library
p libavcodec-unstripped-52 - ffmpeg utility library - transitional pack
c libavcodec52 - ffmpeg codec library
p libcommons-codec-java - encoder and decoders such as Base64 and he
p libcommons-codec-java-doc - encoder and decoders such as Base64 and he
i libk3b6-extracodecs - The KDE CD/DVD burning application library
p non-free-codecs - Non-free codecs
v python2.6-cjkcodecs -
v python3.1-cjkcodecs -
i w32codecs - win32 binary codecs
p xmms2-plugin-avcodec - XMMS2 - avcodec decoder

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#7

Please read everything in the following link:

http://www.linuxconfig.org/how-to-play-wmv-format-on-linux-alias-video-codec-unavailable-mss2

Apparently, the MSS2 video format can only be played using mplayer (or kmplayer) while having w32codecs installed.

You already installed mplayer and w32codecs, so it should work using mplayer...

If it does not work using mplayer, try using smplayer or gnome-mplayer instead, as described in the following link:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+question/112891

You can install smplayer or gnome-mplayer with the following command:

sudo aptitude install smplayer gnome-mplayer

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Sankar Kumar (knighthoods) said : 		#8

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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Sankar Kumar (knighthoods) said : 		#9

Thanks Mark for your assistance. Im able to play those wmv format files with the GNOME player.