On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 10:10:36PM -0700, Lief Hendrickson wrote: > At 09:28 PM 4/17/06 -0700, Chris Grau wrote: > >On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 09:10:25PM -0700, Lief Hendrickson wrote: > >> I can't get movie email attachments to play using totem movie > >> player on Fedora. The attachments are wmv and mpg. I received the > >> attachments in Evolution email application. totem movie player is > >> the application of choice when clicking on the attachment name in > >> Evolution. Totem opens to a blank screen then displays an error > >> message saying it can't read the file. Any ideas on how to play > >> wmv and mpg files? Thanks. > > > >There are a couple of things to be done to get Totem to play these > >types of files. First, do you use the Livna repository for Fedora? > >If not, you'll need to set it up (I'm assuming Fedora Core 5, but > >there exists documentation for other releases[0]): > > I am using Fedora now but do plan to update.
Which release of Fedora? Livna is easier to use with 4 and 5. Earlier releases require manual editing of yum configuration files. > ># rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-5.rpm > > > >Second, you'll need to scrap the version of Totem that comes with > >Fedora (which uses the GStreamer back end) and replace it with the > >version that uses the Xine back end (which will support the Win32 > >codecs): > > > ># yum remove totem > ># yum install totem-xine > > > >Finally, you'll need to install the Win32 codecs[1] to view the > >videos. A little Googling can turn up RPMs for these. I've rolled > >my own RPM for convenience. > > > >One caveat, however. I believe these codecs will only work on an x86 > >box. If you're using x86_64, they may not work. I only have old > >hardware, so it works for me. > > > >[0] http://rpm.livna.org/configuration.html > >[1] http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/codecs.html > > > > It's a Pentium 4. will this be a problem in using the codecs? That shouldn't be a problem at all. -- Chris Grau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
