Howto Play .wmv Files on Fedora 16 / 15 / 14 - Comment Page: 1

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...

13 comments on “Howto Play .wmv Files on Fedora 16 / 15 / 14 - Comment Page: 1

    1. Hi!!!!!!
      I tried it………….all the packages were already installed……. but still i m not able to play the .wmv files….please help!!!!!!!!

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      • Hi Mahesh,

        Sounds strange, because I tested this almost just installed box.

        What player you use?
        Do you have tried multiple .wmv files from variable sources?

        Reply
    2. I installed it but no success, got this:
      mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libglut.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

      Any ideas?

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      • Hi Dusan,

        Try following:

        
        yum install freeglut
        

        Then try again.

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      • Hi Anirban,

        Nice to hear that you got it working and nice addition from vlc website…thanks! :)

        Reply
    3. i am also unable to install gstreamer… failed because of libcdio.so.10 package, tried yum whatprovides libcdio.so.10 butt couldnt find anything, searched alot but didnt find any solution for it. HELP

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      • Hi Jawad,

        I updated this guide (also Fedora 16 compatible), so try again with updated guide… ;)

        Reply
    4. Worked for me, thanks. Runs on Fedora 16

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    5. it was very much helpful

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    6. Hi,
      Its Great. I installed vlc and mplayer in Fedora 16, and its working fine.

      Thanks

      Reply
    7. That is perfect, tanks i can see know videos :)

      Reply

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