Totem not playing .wmv videos

Oops! Have just discovered the rest of the support answers and have found the necessary information.

Thanks anyway.

For the benefit of anyone finding this page via google it might be worth posting the URL you found the answer in.

Alternatively we can point people at:-

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

Thanks, Alan. Yes, that is where I found the answers. Am still following the instructions there. Not finished yet, but . . . . hopefully it will come together.

Have no codec to read Totem videos

I loaded the codecs found at the above site mentioned by Alan Pope. They loaded into /usr/lib/codecs. But when I try to play a .wmv file in Totem I get the following message:
"Could not play 'file:/// . . . . .wmv'. You do no have a decoder installed to handle this file. You might need to install the necessary plugins.".
I checked the plugins in /usr/lib/totem. There were plugins relating to basic, complex, gmp, mully and narrowspace, and also one entiled totem-mozilla-viewer. Whether any of these relate to .wmv files, I have no idea. Perhaps there should be another plugin there.

Not sure what went wrong.

The Windows Codecs do not support files encoded with DRM(Digital Restrictions Management), could that be an issue?

Thanks, williamsts99, for your suggestion.

Not sure why but Gxine can be modified with the restricted format
codecs. It will then play the .wmv files that Totem cannot.

I am presuming that the codecs used are similar in both cases.
Therefore I am presuming that the .wmv files concerned are not encoded
with DRM.

Lots of guesses and presumptions! Not sure where to go from here.

regards

adrian

Please close this ticket if the issue has been solved... Thanks.

Thanks for email.

I have tried downloading the relevant codecs from the site suggested
(restricted formats). But Totem still cant play .wmv files.

Downloading the extra formats for Gxine means I can play .wmv files
using Gxine on my Puppy distro.

So I have tried downloading Gxine to my Ubuntu distro but so far have
not completed the exercise.

Because Totem uses the same backend (xine) as Gxine, I presumed they
should react similarly when the codecs were applied.

Not sure where I've gone wrong. Which logs would help with more detail?

Regards

Adrian

Hi!
Try mplayer or vlc .
I succeded to read totem with first codec;
Try one or both of them and check.

Azzeddine Idrissi .

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Envoyé le : Mercredi, 28 Février 2007, 11h09mn 07s
Objet : [Support #3504]: Totem can't but Gxine can

Support request #3504 on totem in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+ticket/3504

    Status: Answered => Open

Adrian Walker is still having a problem:
Thanks for email.

I have tried downloading the relevant codecs from the site suggested
(restricted formats). But Totem still cant play .wmv files.

Downloading the extra formats for Gxine means I can play .wmv files
using Gxine on my Puppy distro.

So I have tried downloading Gxine to my Ubuntu distro but so far have
not completed the exercise.

Because Totem uses the same backend (xine) as Gxine, I presumed they
should react similarly when the codecs were applied.

Not sure where I've gone wrong. Which logs would help with more detail?

Regards

Adrian

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Idrissi,
thanks for reply.
I will try mplayer but I don't know vlc.
Where do I find it?
Regards
Adrian

Please could you send the links of files that you couldn't open in order to have an opinion and try to give the best way to find a solution to your dilemma.

Azzeddine Idrissi .

----- Message d'origine ----
De : Adrian Walker <email address hidden>
À : <email address hidden>
Envoyé le : Mercredi, 28 Février 2007, 11h09mn 07s
Objet : [Support #3504]: Totem can't but Gxine can

Support request #3504 on totem in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+ticket/3504

    Status: Answered => Open

Adrian Walker is still having a problem:
Thanks for email.

I have tried downloading the relevant codecs from the site suggested
(restricted formats). But Totem still cant play .wmv files.

Downloading the extra formats for Gxine means I can play .wmv files
using Gxine on my Puppy distro.

So I have tried downloading Gxine to my Ubuntu distro but so far have
not completed the exercise.

Because Totem uses the same backend (xine) as Gxine, I presumed they
should react similarly when the codecs were applied.

Not sure where I've gone wrong. Which logs would help with more detail?

Regards

Adrian

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Hello Idirissi

This file plays using Gxine after I added the extra codecs.

http://www.revaaustralia.com.au/REVA%20London.wmv

This file also plays using GXine:

http://www.revaaustralia.com.au/REVA%20London.mov

But when I try to play them in Totem I get the mesage:

"You do not have a decoder installed to handle this file. You might need
to install the necessary plugins."

I don't have mpalyer or vlc as yet but will try them there as soon as I
can download them.

Regards

Adrian

Hello Idrissi

After downloading further codecs (w32codecs) and additional Windows
codecs I now get the following message when I attempt to open .wmv file
using Totem:

"Could not get/set settings from/on resource."

Not sure what this implies.

Regards

Adrian

Try this link, it will resolve the problem.
 Password is needed.

       gksudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-pitfdll

Azzeddine Idrissi .

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Objet : [Support #3504]: Some progress with Totem and .wmv files

Support request #3504 on totem in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+ticket/3504

Adrian Walker gave more information on the request:

Hello Idrissi

After downloading further codecs (w32codecs) and additional Windows
codecs I now get the following message when I attempt to open .wmv file
using Totem:

"Could not get/set settings from/on resource."

Not sure what this implies.

Regards

Adrian

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Hi folks, I'm a new B Ubuntu user and I need to edit my wmv files. Saw this thread and thought it might be helpful, but after reading it, I am not sure where I should start.

As I already have

Avidemux
GOPchop
Kino
Pitivi Video Editor (which won't run at all)

and I don't think any of these handle wmv, perhaps I should be looking for wmv -> avi (?) conversion packages?

Thx!

JF

I have installed Ubuntu 9.04. Have always had no problems with video files (WMV etc) in previous versions, but now I cannot get video to work. The file opens and immediately goes. I have tried just about every thing suggested on forums to mno avail.

Play mp3 and dvd under Ubuntu install skype googleearth acroread and other stuffs using Medibuntu

First please install https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

You need to have extra repositories enabled..

Please first enable the universe and multiverse repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]

enable "Community-maintained Open Source software ( universe )"
enable "Proprietary drivers for devices ( restricted )"
enable "Software restrictecd by copyright or legal issue ( multiverse )"

Close and confirm the repository reload.

Type the following command in a terminal (applications → accessories → terminal)

sudo aptitude install vlc smplayer mplayer

To get better dvd playback and optional packages here the medibuntu available software list http://packages.medibuntu.org/
you need to add the medibuntu http://www.medibuntu.org/ repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
( here the medibuntu howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu but see below )

In short please open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type or copy and paste:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update

-- give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter

Now to install, type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 libdvdcss2 regionset gnome-mplayer
sudo aptitude install non-free-codecs w32codecs gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

You can also install other Medibuntu repository provided optional software http://packages.medibuntu.org/ :

sudo aptitude install skype
sudo aptitude install googleearth
sudo aptitude install acroread

Hope this helps