Playing .WMD files?

[Mike Luther]

Forgive me for asking what might be a be simple question for an answer I should
already know. What utility do I use to play a .WMD file in OS/2 MCP2 latest
everything? I'm not video eye catch oriented in anything and a friend has sent
me two small .WMD files he says I should look at.

Thanks!

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Mike Luther

[Peter Brown]

Hi Mike

Mike Luther wrote:
> Forgive me for asking what might be a be simple question for an answer I
> should already know. What utility do I use to play a .WMD file in OS/2
> MCP2 latest everything? I'm not video eye catch oriented in anything and
> a friend has sent me two small .WMD files he says I should look at.
>
> Thanks!
>

WMD? - You need the Bush/Blair combo for that ;-)

Not sure what a .wmd file is exactly - could it be a .wmv file with DRM?

Well, this page suggests otherwise http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/wmd

WMD is described as

"Compressed Windows Media file that can contain multimedia content,
playlist information, and borders (a custom interface) in a single
downloadable file"

and requires

Mac OS Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 or later
or
Windows Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 or later

Maybe mplayer will do the job - not sure about the possible "and borders
(a custom interface)" bit in the above.

The current mplayer is on hobbes and there is a "front end" called
smplayer here
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/smplayer/smplayer-0.5.21-2008-11-04.zip

You will also need the win32 codec package which is here
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/windows-essential-20071007.zip

Read mplayer docs carefully to understand how to setup and configure the
software.

There was a discussion about mplayer in the os2world forums and there is
a "HOW TO: Installing Streaming Audio and Video Support in
Firefox/Seamonkey" that may come in handy - it also refers to the
os2world forum discussion
http://www.os2world.com/content/view/17999/2/

Have Fun :-)

Pete