Re: .wmv files?

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On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 14:04 +0100, brouwers roland lx wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 12:40 +0000, Stuart Sears wrote:
> > On Thursday 08 December 2005 12:03, brouwers roland lx decided we wanted to 
> > hear the following:
> > > >   yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins
> > > >   wget
> > > >  http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar.b 
> > > >z2
> > mkdir -p /usr/lib/win32
> > tar xjvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2 -C /usr/lib/win32 --strip-components=1 
> > > How can I point firefox to this directory /usr/lib/win32?
> > you don't.
> > if you have sucessfully installed mplayer and mplayerplug-in the next time you 
> > start firefox it should know about various file types and be able to open 
> > them in the embedded viewer.
> > restart firefox, type about:plugins into the addressbar, see if the mplayer 
> > plug in has registered correctly
> > 
> > some kinds of .wmv files you will *not* be able to play - encrypted and 
> > DRM-saddled files are a no-go.
> > 
> > Stuart
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> 
> yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins
> doesn't give anything

As I originally said, you need the livna repos in your yum config.
Enabling the livna repos is well documented on this list, most fedora
support sites etc.

> Where can i download it or yum another way?
> What will be the application to launch if one does not use firefox?

mplayer

Cheers, Ben

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Roland Brouwers
> C.A.T. bvba
> Antwerp-Belgium
> roland@xxxxxx
> 


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