How To Get Ubuntu To Play WMV Files May 13, 2009
Posted by ModelR in Everything LINUX.Tags: Linux, Ubuntu, WMV
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This was taken from a guide located here
Note: The version we are installing for is Jaunty (Ubuntu 9.04)
- Install mplayer using Synaptic Package Manager or the command
sudo apt-get install mplayer - Then type the command
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list--output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list - Then add the GPG Key using these commands:
sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyringthensudo apt-get update - If your running i386 enter this command
sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2if your on amd64 enter this commandsudo apt-get install w64codecs libdvdcss2 - Install the mplayer plugin for Firefox
sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer - If you like you can also install the smplayer front end for mplayer
sudo apt-get install smplayer
That should get the player working on your system. These codecs are not installed by default due to legal restrictions.
I’ve searched elsewhere, can’t find any useful solution. Thanks a lot!
Glad to help!
Thanks for these tips. everything worked perfectly well.
hello,’sir,
We could not install mplayer or mozila-mplayer when we follow the process of installation mplayer mozila-player an error occuring this time that E: couldn’t not find package mesibuntu-keyring…
some body help me…..
Did you follow the step that says:
sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyringThat should install the package medibuntu-keyring
Problem with
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list
–
output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Are these all one line ?
Yes it should be all one line
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Thanks it worked by installing MPlayer.