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