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    How to play mpg or wmv files?

    I went through

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Me...07a38a00d70e9f

    and installed w32codecs.

    dpkg shows i have installed the w32codecs package.

    balaraja@balaraja-laptop:~$ dpkg -l | grep w32codecs
    ii w32codecs 20071007-0medibuntu3 Win32 codec binaries

    But still I am unable to play mpg or wmv files using Totem Movie player. It says "Could not determine type of stream".

    What am I missing here?

    Thanks,
    Bala.

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    Re: How to play mpg or wmv files?

    Have you tried vlc or SMplayer?

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    Re: How to play mpg or wmv files?

    I think you may need to install Totem Xine from Ubuntu Software Center along with the gstreamer plugins.....

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    Re: How to play mpg or wmv files?

    I tried vlc and smplayer. Same problem exists.

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    Talking Re: How to play mpg or wmv files?

    Did you already installed the restricted package for ubuntu:
    Every time I make a clean Ubuntu installation one of the first things I do is installing the restricted drivers to play whichever file I want, like mp3, wma, wmv, etc.
    Run this in Terminal:

    #sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

    It is very weird that you cannot solve this installing VLC, VLC plays everything!

    Good luck!
    mauricio.mora.meza@gmail.com
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    [Processor: AMD Phenon Quad Core] [RAM: 8GB DDR2] [GPU: Nvidia GeForce 440GT] [Motherboard: Foxcomm]

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