On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 00:01, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:26, Nick Rout wrote: > > > > use mplayer > > > the codec collection is here. > > > ftp://linux.jetstreamgames.co.nz/dist/gentoo/distfiles/win32codecs-200407 > > >03.tar.bz2 > > > > yes but can you locate the suse rpm for it? > By Jupiter, he's lucky today. > http://packman.links2linux.de/index.php4?action=128&vn=2
you misunderstood, or i wasn't clear. he doesn't need mplayer. totem will play wmv files and avi files if w32codecs is installed. well kaffeine is based on xine-lib and xine will play them, so kaffeine should too. > > Via http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ But please note that I have absolutely no idea > whether that file has the codecs included. If not, he'll just have to d/l the > file from jetstreamgames, 7176589 bytes, and extract the codec .dlls into the > right place. When mplayer starts it loads what it wants according to the > file being played. > > Isn't it so much simpler just to say: 'emerge mplayer', and then toddle off to > bed to find that everything just works in the morning?
