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...
Hi!!!!!!
I tried it………….all the packages were already installed……. but still i m not able to play the .wmv files….please help!!!!!!!!
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?
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?
Hi Dusan,
Try following:
Then try again.
Thank you JR.
It works realy nice…
for those who faild to install properly try this for Fedora 15/14/13([email protected] website):-
$> su –
#> rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
#> yum install vlc
#> yum install mozilla-vlc (optional)
then do this([email protected]):
#>yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-ffmpeg
I hope it helps.
Hi Anirban,
Nice to hear that you got it working and nice addition from vlc website…thanks! :)
thanks for the upload
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
Hi Jawad,
I updated this guide (also Fedora 16 compatible), so try again with updated guide… ;)
Worked for me, thanks. Runs on Fedora 16
it was very much helpful
Hi,
Its Great. I installed vlc and mplayer in Fedora 16, and its working fine.
Thanks
That is perfect, tanks i can see know videos :)