On Saturday January 11 2003 11:04 am, Paul wrote:
> In reply to Lyvim's mail, d.d. 11 Jan 2003 11:54:12 -0500:
> >> >From what I know, WMF is 100% the same as ASF, except that M$
> >> > claims it
> >>
> >> to be a new format of their own :-( Opening a WMV in MPlayer
> >> proves my memory as it states it's a ASF file. You should have
> >> no problems opening it with mplayer, unless you are using a
> >> version that's 2 years old, or don't have the Windows dll's in
> >> /usr/lib/win32
> >
> >What do you mean, Windows dll's? Are you saying that mplayer is
> >actually using winblows codecs to do the job?
>
> Actually it does so:
>
> [paul@tbird paul]$ ls -l /usr/lib/win32
> total 11052
> -rw-r--r-- 1 1001 1001 1228800 Mar 28 2001 3ivxdmo.dll
> -rw-r--r-- 1 1001 1001 61952 Apr 10 2001 acelpdec.ax
> -rw-r--r-- 1 1001 1001 88064 Jan 22 2001
> asusasv2.dll -rw-r--r-- 1 1001 1001 35840 Sep 9
> 1999 asusasvd.dll -rw-r--r-- 1 1001 1001 150016 Aug 2
> 2000 ativcr2.dll -rw-r--r-- 1 1001 1001 69632 May 3
> 2001 avimszh.dll -rw-r--r-- 1 1001 1001 114688 May 3
> 2001 avizlib.dll
>
> and there is more there which I will spare you.
> Perhaps I need to upgrade the codes. I do have some WMV files that
> won't do it. Interesting thought, thanks for the tip!
>
> Paul
I haven't found _anything_ yet that Mplayer won't play, and play
better than with Winsux, Mac, or Crossover/wine alternatives. .mpg,
.mpeg, .avi, .asf, .mov (including the latest Sorenson v3), .m2v,
.wmv, .wma, .mp3 .... (maybe y'all need more codecs ;) Part of
'better' is the braindead crappy players M$ and Mac have aren't
needed, even used with Xover.
Now Linux users can play hundreds of files from a directory or CD
from the CL without havin to select 'file > location > clik on one >
full screen > play' in a GUI for each one separately. Plus mplayer
features to 'on the fly' adjust brightness, contrast, color, tint,
etc. Also features to 'fix' bad movies, eg, adjust frame rate.
Only thing that's been iffy for me is usin mplayer to play
RealPlayer files, some work, some don't, but I've only tried streams
off the Net. (Different codecs required in /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/
Codecs/). I reckon some of the 'won't play' is due to poor or bad
encoding of the source files, ie, they won't play, or play properly
on their native OS or players either.
I dunno for sure, but I suspect while the linux win32 codecs that
are neccessary for all this are derived from Winsux and Mac codecs, I
don't believe they're just copies. Most all the time the warning is
given that "they will not work with Windoze". Better there's no
definite explaination ... none of these people need the threat of M$
lawyers.
I sort'a kind'a think the transition of Mac OS X to being based on
*BSD (a linux U*ix cousin), has been a big part of the recent
breakout of mplayer native linux capability to play these M$ and Mac
EEE proprietary movies formats.
tom$ l /usr/lib/win32
3ivxdmo.dll divxcfvk.dll jp2avi.dll* msnaudio.acm
tssoft32.acm
acelpdec.ax divxcvki.ax l3codeca.acm msrle32.dll
ubv263d+.ax
alf2cd.acm divxcvki.dll l3codecx.ax msscds32.ax
ubvmp4d.dll
apmpg4v1.apl divxdec.ax LCodcCMP.dll msvidc32.dll
vgpix32d.dll
apmpg4v1.dll divx.dll lhacm.acm mvoiced.vwp
vivog723.acm
asusasv2.dll huffyuv.dll m3jp2k32.dll* nsrt2432.acm
voxmsdec.ax
asusasvd.dll i263_32.drv m3jpeg32.dll pclepim1.dll
vp31vfw.dll
ativcr2.dll iccvid.dll m3jpegdec.ax qdv.dll
wma9dmod.dll
atrac3.acm icmw_32.dll m3jpegenc.ax qpeg32.dll
wmadmod.dll
avimszh.dll imaadp32.acm mcdvd_32.dll qtmlClient.dll
wmspdmod.dll
avizlib.dll imc32.acm mcmjpg32.dll QuickTimeEssentials.qtx
wmv8ds32.ax
CLRVIDDC.DLL ir32_32.dll mpg4c32.dll QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx
wmv9dmod.dll
clrviddd.dll ir41_32.dll mpg4ds32.ax QuickTime.qts
wmvdmod.dll
CtWbJpg.DLL ir41_qc.dll msadp32.acm QuickTime.qts.htcfg
wmvds32.ax
divxa32.acm ir50_32.dll msg711.acm rt32dcmp.dll
divx_c32.ax ir50_qc.dll msgsm32.acm sp5x_32.dll
divxc32.dll ir50_qcx.dll msh261.drv tm20dec.ax
divxc32f.dll ivvideo.dll msms001.vwp tsccvid.dll
All these are avialable directly from mplayers website, or from plf
mdk rpms.
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