WMVA codec?

**Macamba** · February 8th, 2013

Hi,

I want to view video files with the extension wmv. MPlayer and VLC media player show only a black screen. No luck. I tried it on Windows XP too, and found out that VLC media player did not work there either. Strangely enough, WMA Player showed the video.

Anyway, VLC media player gave me the following information:

So, the codec should be 'Windows Media Video Advanced Profile'. What do I need to do to be able to view this type of videos?

I already installed Medibunti

FWIW:

Code:

Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release:	12.04
Codename:	precise

TIA,
Macamba

**ron999** · February 8th, 2013

Originally Posted by Macamba

What do I need to do to be able to view this type of videos?

Hi
Try using MPlayer with commands like this:-

Code:

mplayer filename.wmv

Or this:-

Code:

mplayer -vfm dmo filename.wmv

Or this:-

Code:

mplayer -vfm ffmpeg filename.wmv

**Macamba** · February 8th, 2013

Thanks for your input. I got:

Code:

A:   7.1 V:   7.2 A-V: -0.051 ct: -0.188  56/ 56  0%  0%  2.1% 0 0 
[vc1 @ 0x7f67f8c07380]Error in WVC1 interlaced frame
Error while decoding frame!

ad infinitum.

**evilsoup** · February 8th, 2013

If neither VLC nor Mplayer can play the files, but Windows Media Player can, there's a pretty strong chance that you're coming up against DRM within the WMV file.

**Macamba** · February 8th, 2013

Originally Posted by evilsoup

If neither VLC nor Mplayer can play the files, but Windows Media Player can, there's a pretty strong chance that you're coming up against DRM within the WMV file.

Well. I actually never installed Windows Media Player. I played it in WMA Player, which I use to listen to my mp3's.

DRM is a whole new ball game. Searching on DRM removal under Ubuntu gave me no joy (at the moment). So does someone else have solutions?

**ron999** · February 8th, 2013

Originally Posted by Macamba

... So does someone else have solutions?

Upload a sample file somewhere.

**mc4man** · February 8th, 2013

Originally Posted by Macamba

So does someone else have solutions?

As ron999 mentioned try with mplayer. If using dmo then you'd need to be on a 32 bit install with w32codecs installed.
(or running a standalone 32 bit mplayer

There are some vc1 encoded files that vlc has issue decoding thru avcodec, as far as vlc with a dmo decoder again only on a 32 bit install & vlc has to be built with dmo enabled.

**andrew.46** · February 8th, 2013

Originally Posted by ron999

Upload a sample file somewhere.

A good spot would be here:

http://www.datafilehost.com/

**Yellow Pasque** · February 11th, 2013

I once had a stubborn WMA lossless audio file that wouldn't play in Linux. I had to boot to windows and convert the thing (and that's probably your best option too).