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From: AG on 16 Jun 2010 15:40 Up until a few days ago, VLC used to play *.wmv format video files just fine. Now, for some unknown (to me) reason, it no longer does so. I have tried other video players (e.g. xine) and they work fine, so I believe that it isn't the lack of a codec, even though that is the error message VLC gives me when I attempt to play *.wmv files. Has anyone else come across this and/ or have an idea what this is about and - more crucially - how to fix this? TIA AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C192453.8030502(a)gmail.com
From: Camaleón on 16 Jun 2010 17:30 On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:21:55 +0100, AG wrote: > Up until a few days ago, VLC used to play *.wmv format video files just > fine. Now, for some unknown (to me) reason, it no longer does so. > > I have tried other video players (e.g. xine) and they work fine, so I > believe that it isn't the lack of a codec, even though that is the error > message VLC gives me when I attempt to play *.wmv files. And the error you are getting is... > Has anyone else come across this and/ or have an idea what this is about > and - more crucially - how to fix this? vlc --verbose 2 file.wmv Also, try by empty/move the plugins cache, if present (~/.vlc/cache/ plugins*) to check if that helps. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.06.16.21.21.17(a)gmail.com
From: Ron Johnson on 16 Jun 2010 18:10 On 06/16/2010 02:21 PM, AG wrote: > Up until a few days ago, VLC used to play *.wmv format video files just What version of vlc and what branch of Debian? > fine. Now, for some unknown (to me) reason, it no longer does so. > > I have tried other video players (e.g. xine) and they work fine, so I > believe that it isn't the lack of a codec, even though that is the error > message VLC gives me when I attempt to play *.wmv files. > > Has anyone else come across this and/ or have an idea what this is about > and - more crucially - how to fix this? > vlc 1.0.6-1 plays all my wmv files. -- Seek truth from facts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C194A7F.4050806(a)cox.net
From: Tixy on 17 Jun 2010 16:40
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 20:21 +0100, AG wrote: > Up until a few days ago, VLC used to play *.wmv format video files just > fine. Now, for some unknown (to me) reason, it no longer does so. I had the same a couple of days ago (I'm running Squeeze). After 'downgrading' all the packages I had from debian-multimedia to the versions in the official Debian distro I found everything worked again; so I assume there is some compatability glitch between the archives. (I've had this before, and have now decided to stick with the official packages.) -- Tixy () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign (www.asciiribbon.org) /\ Against HTML e-mail and proprietary attachments -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1276806591.4959.25.camel(a)computer2.home |