Hi, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > > http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv > > I can confirm the problem is a lack of video. I can play other .wmv > files fine but this one just has sound.
It plays fine here with mplayer from Medibuntu on Ubuntu 8.04. $ apt-cache policy mplayer mplayer: Installed: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1 Candidate: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1 Version table: *** 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1 0 500 http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/non-free Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages $ > If you hunt through the below you'll notice mplayer doesn't even look > for a video codec. It just reports no video stream. No, I don't think that's true... > $ mplayer eastbourne2007small.wmv [snip] > Playing eastbourne2007small.wmv. > ASF file format detected. [snip] > Requested video codec family [wmvadmo] (vfm=dmo) not available. > Enable it at compilation. The output here includes Selected video codec: [wmvadmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video Adv DMO) So we both agree wmvadmo is desirable but you, and possibly OP Tim, don't have it. I suspect the problem is down to Debian not shipping a binary that can cope with the format, presumably because of freeness issues. Perhaps there's a Medibuntu for Debian, e.g. http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2011-01-11 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue