Howto Play .wmv Files on Fedora 16 / 15 / 14
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This is quick guide, howto play .vmw (Windows Media Video) on Fedora 16, Fedora 15 and Fedora 14.
Howto Play .wmv Files on Fedora 16 / 15 / 14⌗
1. Change root user⌗
su -
## OR ##
sudo -i
3. Add RPMFusion Repositories (Free and Non-Free)⌗
32-bit and 64-bit
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
3. Install needed packages⌗
yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-ffmpeg
Note: I tested this with Totem Movie Player, MPlayer and VLC
If you don’t have Totem, MPlayer or VLC already then you could install them as follows:
Install Totem Movie Player
yum install totem
Install MPlayer
yum install mplayer
Install VLC
yum install vlc
4. Play .wmv Files⌗
Play with Totem Movie Player
totem /path/to/windows-media-video.wmv
Play with MPlayer
mplayer /path/to/windows-media-video.wmv
Play with MPlayer
vlc /path/to/windows-media-video.wmv