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Sydney
Oct 16, 2011, 11:26:54 AM10/16/11
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This software doesn't open *.wmv files. Is there any alternative ?
Aragorn
Oct 16, 2011, 3:04:45 PM10/16/11
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On Sunday 16 October 2011 17:26 in alt.linux, somebody identifying as
Sydney wrote...
> This software doesn't open *.wmv files. Is there any alternative ?
All of these media players are actually just front-ends. You probably
don't have the proper codecs installed to open Microsoft .wmv files.
I'm not sure what the package is called - I don't use Ubuntu - and it
may differ if you're on x86-64, but I know that on 32-bit, you need the
win32codecs package.
As for alternative media players, mplayer - which has a KDE front-end
called KMplayer - should normally handle .wmv, *if* you have the proper
codecs installed.
--
Aragorn
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
Sydney wrote...
> This software doesn't open *.wmv files. Is there any alternative ?
don't have the proper codecs installed to open Microsoft .wmv files.
I'm not sure what the package is called - I don't use Ubuntu - and it
may differ if you're on x86-64, but I know that on 32-bit, you need the
win32codecs package.
As for alternative media players, mplayer - which has a KDE front-end
called KMplayer - should normally handle .wmv, *if* you have the proper
codecs installed.
--
Aragorn
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
Sydney
Oct 20, 2011, 2:04:53 AM10/20/11
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choose essential 20071007.tar.bz2; Then I executed the command
~$ tar jxf ~/essential-20071007.tar.bz2
It says command not found.
I assume I have to install tar or find in which folder it is !
Please indicate How ?
Aragorn
Oct 20, 2011, 6:36:31 AM10/20/11
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In alt.linux on Thursday 20 October 2011 08:04, Sydney implied the
following...
GNU tar should normally be installed by default in every GNU/linux
distribution, /and/ it should also be executable for you.
I see only two possibilities. Either...
1) You have inadvertently typed a control character - i.e. an
invisible character - in the command as you pasted here above,
which of course changes the name of the command and so you get
that error message; or
2) There is something very badly /b0rk3d/ about your system.
Check for the existence of GNU tar and its permissions on your system
with the following command...
ls -l $(locate bin/tar)
On my Mageia 1 system, which is LSB-compliant, this results in...:
[12:32:12][localhost:/home/aragorn]
[1][aragorn][$] > ls -l $(locate bin/tar)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 311928 Apr 13 2011 /bin/tar*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7296 Apr 13 2011 /usr/sbin/tar-backup*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6048 Apr 13 2011 /usr/sbin/tar-restore*
You could of course also check with...
whereis tar
... but considering that it may be installed without having execute
permission for you, I don't know what the result of that command would
be, so the embedded locate command in combination with "ls -l" will show
you the permissions if it's installed, and presuming that your locate
database is up to date, of course.
Hope this helps. ;-)
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= Aragorn =
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
following...
distribution, /and/ it should also be executable for you.
I see only two possibilities. Either...
1) You have inadvertently typed a control character - i.e. an
invisible character - in the command as you pasted here above,
which of course changes the name of the command and so you get
that error message; or
2) There is something very badly /b0rk3d/ about your system.
Check for the existence of GNU tar and its permissions on your system
with the following command...
ls -l $(locate bin/tar)
On my Mageia 1 system, which is LSB-compliant, this results in...:
[12:32:12][localhost:/home/aragorn]
[1][aragorn][$] > ls -l $(locate bin/tar)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 311928 Apr 13 2011 /bin/tar*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7296 Apr 13 2011 /usr/sbin/tar-backup*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6048 Apr 13 2011 /usr/sbin/tar-restore*
You could of course also check with...
whereis tar
... but considering that it may be installed without having execute
permission for you, I don't know what the result of that command would
be, so the embedded locate command in combination with "ls -l" will show
you the permissions if it's installed, and presuming that your locate
database is up to date, of course.
Hope this helps. ;-)
--
= Aragorn =
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
J.O. Aho
Oct 20, 2011, 1:17:36 PM10/20/11
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Sydney wrote:
> Aragorn wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 16 October 2011 17:26 in alt.linux, somebody identifying as
>> Sydney wrote...
>>
>>> This software doesn't open *.wmv files. Is there any alternative ?
>>
>> All of these media players are actually just front-ends. You probably
>> don't have the proper codecs installed to open Microsoft .wmv files.
>> I'm not sure what the package is called - I don't use Ubuntu - and it
>> may differ if you're on x86-64, but I know that on 32-bit, you need the
>> win32codecs package.
>>
>> As for alternative media players, mplayer - which has a KDE front-end
>> called KMplayer - should normally handle .wmv, *if* you have the proper
>> codecs installed.
>>
> I downloaded Mplayer. It opened but it did play. I looked for codecs and
> choose essential 20071007.tar.bz2;
As far as I remember the codeces will be installed if you use apt-get to
> Aragorn wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 16 October 2011 17:26 in alt.linux, somebody identifying as
>> Sydney wrote...
>>
>>> This software doesn't open *.wmv files. Is there any alternative ?
>>
>> All of these media players are actually just front-ends. You probably
>> don't have the proper codecs installed to open Microsoft .wmv files.
>> I'm not sure what the package is called - I don't use Ubuntu - and it
>> may differ if you're on x86-64, but I know that on 32-bit, you need the
>> win32codecs package.
>>
>> As for alternative media players, mplayer - which has a KDE front-end
>> called KMplayer - should normally handle .wmv, *if* you have the proper
>> codecs installed.
>>
> I downloaded Mplayer. It opened but it did play. I looked for codecs and
> choose essential 20071007.tar.bz2;
install mplayer/kmplayer
sudo apt-get install mplayer kmplayer
Then I executed the command
> ~$ tar jxf ~/essential-20071007.tar.bz2
> It says command not found.
sudo apt-get install tar bzip2
> I assume I have to install tar or find in which folder it is !
> Please indicate How ?
you don't have to know which directory tar or bzip2 is located.
Keep in mind that wmv is a closed source and closed standard, so there are
issues with never versions when you try to play those in other operating
systems than microsofts.
--
//Aho
Sydney
Oct 21, 2011, 4:36:19 AM10/21/11
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it installed mplayer with all the codecs; It mentionned no needed files, it
added the missing files.
Now I can read *.wmv files. thanks a lot
"Closed source and closed standard" ? Do you mean proprietory ?
Sydney
Oct 21, 2011, 4:37:18 AM10/21/11
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