linux_trojan Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 I was trying to view a video with a *.wvx extention. It is provided to me via a weblink. It appears that linux does not handle these windows type applications too well. Is there a way to see these types of videos on Linux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 *.wvx files are nothing more than a text file with a link to a wmv file. If you rename to end in .txt and open it with your favorite text editor, you should see a URL in the it pointing to a .wmv file. Copy that into your browser and you should be off. Note that you'll probably need to install win32-codecs if you haven't already, you can get them via PLF non-free repositories (use easy-urpmi, at the top of the page, to add these repositories). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux_trojan Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 non-free? I have to pay for win32 codec? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zibi1981 Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 No, You don't have to pay for those codecs. The "no-free" designation in this case means it's not a Free/Open Software. The only thing You have to do, is to add PLF Non-Free to Your Mandriva repositories. The easiest way is to use easy-urpmi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 non-free? I have to pay for win32 codec? No. :) Free/non-free as defined by the Free Software Foundation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angst Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 non-free? I have to pay for win32 codec? No. From Mandriva Users Wiki PLF-nonfree The Penguin Liberation Front is an organization that distributes software that cannot be included in Linux distributions due to software patents, corporate interest protection laws (such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the United States) or privacy restriction laws. From Penguin Liberation Front # non-free contains packages unsuitable for Mandriva because of license or copyright issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux_trojan Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 I went to Easy_Urpmi above and it said something about "Alway Add main". Is that really necessary? or can I just go straight to the PLA NON FREE stuff? when I select main and PLA non free, it tells me to type to different commands in the console as root? Or maybe I just dont understand this yet? If I can just check off the Non Free stuff and go from there that would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 You don't have to add main, but it's useful. You could just do the command that references PLF-nonfree and ignore the command it gives for main, if you'd like. Main is basically the same contents as the CD's you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux_trojan Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 This would be a great service if any of the links in easy URPMI worked. I have tried almost all for PLF Non Free and I cant find one that works. I mistakenly typed urpmi.removemedia -a to see if I could fix the problem that way and found I could not. So, I did have to finally check MAIN and I ultimately found a server in Canada that worked. But nothing is working for PLF Non Free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 No typing needed... just use selecting with the mouse and ctrl+c in your browser, and you can paste it by shift+ins at konsole. Most mirrors in easyurpmi are working- probably not all, but most... if you could only spot just one working for "main" in Canada, then you're either extremely unlucky, or a Gruenland resident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux_trojan Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 It finally worked. I was doing this at work and I think my company blocks certain important ports. I have trouble with accessing my FTP server at home too. So, I just went home after work and tried it and it worked FAST. Thanks for the input guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 glad it worked :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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