WillieDaPimp wrote: > There are alot of web pages that I've tried to watch video clips on but i > can't watch them due to the > files being in .wmv format. Is there a plugin that I can emerge to view these > files or maybe even a app > that converts .wmv to some other linux friendly video file?? >
Check out the following HOW-TO for playing video's from browsers (like in Windows) http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_mplayerplug-in For converting from .wmv to other formats I recommend mencoder (it comes with MPlayer).. Make sure you compile MPlayer with win32codecs USE flag.. Here's an example to convert movie.wmv to movie.avi (DivX) : mencoder movie.wmv -o movie.avi -ovc lavc -oac lavc For more info about using mencoder read : http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Mencoder_Introduction_Guide Remember mencoder can convert any file playable through MPlayer to any other format recognized by MPlayer.. There are lots of options which you can read by referring to 'man mencoder'.. Hope this helps, Farhan Ahmed -- Place : Bangalore, Karnataka, India GPG Key : 8BE90E98 WengoPhone ID : farhanahmed IRC Nick : farhanahmed / farhanahmed06 (irc.freenode.net)
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