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