When I try to read a .wmv file, I get the error message:
"Totem could not play 'file://tmp/F15.wmv'. You do not
have a
decoder installed to handle this file. You might need to install the
necessary plugins.'
Granted that I am missing something, what is it, and where do I get it /
install it?
Thanks in advance -- Bob T.
Robert Thompson a ?crit :> When I try to read a .wmv file, I get the error message: > "Totem could not play 'file://tmp/F15.wmv'. You do not have a > decoder installed to handle this file. You might need to install the > necessary plugins.' > Granted that I am missing something, what is it, and where do I get it / > install it?One of the first things I do on a CentOS desktop install is replace Totem by a combination of vlc and mplayerplug-in, and rhythmbox by xmms. Both in Rpmforge repo. Additional plugins for xmms (wma, mpc, ace) by SRPM from Fedora 6. Cheers, Niki -- Dyslexics have more fnu.
On 6/2/07, Robert Thompson <the_drbobo at earthlink.net> wrote:> When I try to read a .wmv file, I get the error message: > "Totem could not play 'file://tmp/F15.wmv'. You do not have a > decoder installed to handle this file. You might need to install the > necessary plugins.' > Granted that I am missing something, what is it, and where do I get it / > install it? > Thanks in advance -- Bob T.Many propietary codecs (wmv, quicktime, mp3, etc) are covered under various licensing issues and are not shipped with Upstream (RHEL). This being the case they are not included in the rebuild process. There are several repositories (rpmforge, etc) that will have these packages on them. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"