Can't play .wmv file even with w32codecs

**The_Eddster** · July 18th, 2011

I have this .wmv video I'm trying to play in movie player, but I get this error:

Code:

video/x-asf-unknown decoder

and then it plays just the audio. When I try vlc, it just says

Code:

VLC does not support the audio or video format "G2M4"

. I have installed the ubuntu-restricted-extras and w32codecs as instructed here

How do I fix this problem?

I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 32-bit

**nomko** · July 18th, 2011

Did you try to play the file with Vlc?
Vlc is a audio/movie player which plays almost everything without any extra plugins.

**qamelian** · July 18th, 2011

It looks like you're trying to play a video the requires the go-to-meeting codec. There is no version of this codec for Linux, but you may find the site below to be helpful:

http://onlinemeeting.lefora.com/2009...ting-on-linux/

**nomko** · July 18th, 2011

Originally Posted by qamelian

It looks like you're trying to play a video the requires the go-to-meeting codec. There is no version of this codec for Linux, but you may find the site below to be helpful:

http://onlinemeeting.lefora.com/2009...ting-on-linux/

Normally there's no need for extra plugins/tools. Vlc can play .mwv files perfectly. I never had any issues with such kind of files when using Vlc.

**qamelian** · July 18th, 2011

Originally Posted by nomko

Normally there's no need for extra plugins/tools. Vlc can play .mwv files perfectly. I never had any issues with such kind of files when using Vlc.

VLC can only play files for which it has a codec. If you look at the original post, the OP has already tried VLC with all codecs installed and VLC does not understand media files created by Go To Meeting. The link I posted contains information on how to play these files back using mplayer, wine, and the Windows dll containing the codec.

Although VLC is a very capable media player, it does not play everything. There are several codecs like this that for one reason or another it does not or cannot support. Fortunately, the unsupported codecs are very seldom encountered by most users.

You have to realize that WMV, like AVI and several other media types, is only a container format and doesn't define the actual audio or video codec used to encode the contents.