Playing windows media files on SLED 10?

Gordon

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Oct 26, 2006, 9:32:21 AM10/26/06

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Is there a way of doing this? (I do have two genuine XP licences). In Ubuntu
you could download Windows media format codecs.....

Thanks
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Marcel Cox

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Oct 28, 2006, 2:39:24 PM10/28/06

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Gordon,

Your message was not posted to the official Novell news
server or crossposted to a non novell.* newsgroup.
While your news server might show the Novell support
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Gordon

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Oct 26, 2006, 9:32:21 AM10/26/06

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Andrew C Taubman

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Oct 29, 2006, 6:04:27 PM10/29/06

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Reposting from a fellow Sysop: "By default SLED10 doesn't have all
necessary codecs, due to proprietary reasons. However you use the Guru
or Packman repositories to install MPlayer or Xine, which utilizes the
W32Codecs-all package that has most of the codecs you need."
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Gordon

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Oct 30, 2006, 5:44:26 AM10/30/06

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"Andrew C Taubman" <ataubman.Remo...@novell.AndThis.com> wrote in
message news:%ra1h.21439$0h7....@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com...

Unfortunately, I have a problem trying to add new repositories to YAST.
I've gone here:
http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#Guru -
and then tried the following: In the server name I've put "ftp.gwdg.de" and
in the Directory on server
"pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.0", but then I get the error message
"Unable to create installation source from URL xxxxxx
Details:
Cannot create the installation source."
(I've
selected Anonymous Authentication)

This error message happens EVERY time I try to add a repository.

Andrew C Taubman

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Oct 30, 2006, 6:15:07 PM10/30/06

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I got the same error with the 10.0 directory on that site, but the 10.1
directory worked fine. SLED 10 is the same kernel as SuSE 10.1 so that's
the one you ought to be using anyway.

Gordon

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Oct 31, 2006, 2:15:04 AM10/31/06

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"Andrew C Taubman" <ataubman.Remo...@novell.AndThis.com> wrote in

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Ah thanks - I'll try that!

Gordon

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Oct 31, 2006, 3:12:42 AM10/31/06

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Andrew C Taubman wrote:

> I got the same error with the 10.0 directory on that site, but the 10.1
> directory worked fine. SLED 10 is the same kernel as SuSE 10.1 so that's
> the one you ought to be using anyway.

Thanks - that all worked fine apart from this one:
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source/