Windows Codecs: where to put them in Mandriva 2006

[wilcal]

My question is where to put the Windows codecs so that

the default video player for Gnome (Totem) can play WMV

files. The sources as I see it are one of two:

 

windows-all-20050412.zip 15-Apr-2005 00:33 11.6M

windows-essential-20050412.zip 15-Apr-2005 00:33 9.4M

 

With the "all" file containing just more codecs. The Readme.txt

file says to put them in the:

 

/usr/local/lib/codecs/

or

/usr/local/lib/win32

or

/usr/lib/win32

 

directories none of which are there. Do they all just dump in

there ( dll + acm + ax + drv + qts + vwp + ax )? There's

like 105 of them. Can I create one of these directories and put

them in there?

 

Thanks

[devries]

Yes, jusrt create the folder and copy the codecs.

 

Tip: plf has all the codecs in an rpm. Install with urpmi.

[wilcal]

Thanks bunches

[ianw1974]

The most easiest way if you experience problems, is just to "urpmi xine-win32". This will select the codecs for Windows, and this will then work with kaffeine, etc, etc.

 

I had problems trying to get the ones I downloaded manually to work, so if you have probs this will do the trick :P

[wilcal]

Interesting that I am still struggling with this.

I have used the following RPM's:

 

xine-win32-1.1.1-0.1.20060plf.i586.rpm

win32-codecs-1.7-2plf.i586.rpm

xine-plugins-1.1.0-8mdk.i586.rpm

 

in all different installation sequences and I

still keep coming up with an error. That being

when I attempt to install xine-win32 the

error reported is

 

"some package requested cannot be installed

xine-win32-1.1.1-0.1.20060plf.i586.rpm (Due to

unsatisfied win32-codecs)"

 

If I attempt to play a WMV file I get the following

error:

 

"Windows Media Video 9 is not handled. Install

additional plugins"

 

Interestingly enough the Live-CD PCLinuxO runs'em

just fine. Over the weekend I'll take a look at

the lib file structure in that.

[ianw1974]

A bit odd, since when I type "urpmi xine-win32" it automatically selects the win32-codecs for me.

 

Maybe "urpmi win32-codecs" first and see if it helps for adding xine-win32 later. Or, I would be tempted to remove your urpmi sources and add them again, in case of problems.

 

To do this:

 

urpmi.removemedia -a

 

and then select your urpmi sources again using easy-urpmi link at the top of this page, and try again.

[aRTee]

Or you can make it one single urpmi command:

urpmi xine-win32 win32-codecs

 

You were not trying to use rpm by any chance?

[theYinYeti]

I think xine-plugins should be from PLF too.

 

Yves.

[lavaeolus]

you need the win32, xine-win32, libxine and xine-plugins from plf to make it work

 

be sure that you are connected to the internet and have a plf-repository set up, then do

 

urpmi xine-win32

 

urpmi will fetch the needed files for you

[wilcal]

you need the win32, xine-win32, libxine and xine-plugins from plf to make it work

be sure that you are connected to the internet and have a plf-repository set up, then do

urpmi xine-win32

urpmi will fetch the needed files for you

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That worked wonderfully well. Perfect. Solved.

 

Thanks