I was not able to play it in Totem. I got the same result as trying to play it through iceweasel (mouse moves but everything is unresponsive, with the only way out being a hard power cycle)
This was fine before 6.0.1 --- On Mon, 3/21/11, Scott Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Scott Ferguson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1 To: [email protected] Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 8:30 PM On 22/03/11 12:04, Steven Sciame wrote: > > > I apologize, but I do not know the example movie that you referenced. It's the example you gave. I can confirm that it is playable. Try:- wget -t 0 http://media.grc.com/files/testvideo.wmv then try playing it with Totem. Sorry I don't run Gnome so I can't tell you if Totem will play .wmv files (w32 codecs??). > > --- On *Mon, 3/21/11, Scott Ferguson > /<[email protected]>/* wrote: > > > From: Scott Ferguson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1 > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 7:49 PM > > On 22/03/11 06:21, Steven Sciame wrote: > > Since upgrading to 6.0.1 playing wmv from iceweasel locks entire > > system. The only way to unlock is to hold power button until machine > > shuts off and then reboots (not necessarily a good idea) > > > > Here is one example of a page that did it to me: > > > > http://media.grc.com/files/testvideo.wmv > > > > I am not sure if this is also a kernel problem or iceweasel > > > > > > > > > What do you have set as your Microsoft proprietary media handler for > Iceweasel? Try (from the Iceweasel toolbar):- Edit --> Preferences --> Applications and enter wmv to see what appkication is associated. Also the output of:- # dpkg --get-selections | grep mozplugger might be instructive. > <snipped> > Cheers -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
