On Thursday 30 December 2010 16:41:13 John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: > It plays here on Archlinux with mplayer. Excerpts below. > > [~] $ mplayer http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv > MPlayer SVN-r32663-4.5.1 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team > ASF file format detected. > [asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1 > [asfheader] Video stream found, -vid 2 > VIDEO: [WVP2] 800x600 24bpp 1000.000 fps 31.8 kbps ( 3.9 kbyte/s) > Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs > VO: [xv] 800x600 => 800x600 Planar YV12 > Selected video codec: [wmvadmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video Adv DMO) > Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders > AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 105.3 kbit/7.46% (ratio: 13159->176400) > Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg)) > > If it's any use, the codec comes from: > > [~] $ pacman -Qi codecs > Name : codecs > Version : 20100303-4 > URL : http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html > Licences : unknown > Groups : None > Provides : None > Depends On : libstdc++5 > Optional Deps : None > Required By : None > Conflicts With : codecs-extra > Replaces : codecs-extra > Installed Size : 48692.00 K > Packager : Unknown Packager > Architecture : i686 > Build Date : Fri 05 Nov 2010 11:25:11 GMT > Install Date : Fri 05 Nov 2010 11:48:31 GMT > Install Reason : Explicitly installed > Install Script : No > Description : Non-linux native codec pack. > > On 30/12/10 13:22, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > 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. >
OK Progress of sorts I can play the video (with sound and pictures) providing I use Iceweasel 3.5.15, still does not work in chrome. I can play the video locally providing I use Gnome Mplayer although the play back is very choppy. Trying to use Mplayer on its own I only get audio, if I try Xine it complains about unsupported codec WVP2 but plays the audio. I have both the win32 and codecs folders in /usr/lib/ and both seem to hold identical files (in fact all files in the codecs folder of symlinked to the win32 folder)and include the wmvadvd.dll file Tim -- 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
