Hi Neil,
I think what Don wrote has already provided the answer? With the
necessary codecs you should have it working in no time. I actually
haven't tried opening Windows Media files with Xine, only Divx, for
which I installed the codec from the divx.com site and from the
projectmayo.com site.
>
> Windows Media files work just fine with Mplayer. You have to download
> the Windows codecs and place them in /usr/local/win32.
>
> I believe I got the codecs from freshrpms. Once the codecs are installed
> I assure you mplayer will play files that even Windows Media Player
> couldn't! (I have a couple of mpegs that WMP couldn't find audio codecs
> for and wouldn't play. Tried in mplayer and they played perfectly.
>
> Don
