Re: play wma song

From: Alan Hughes (nospam_at_nospam.org)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 11:02:24 +0100

David Wright wrote:

> os2 wrote:
>
>> hi
>>
>> i have some wma song
>>
>> i use kaffeine
>>
>> i downloaded win32 codec
>>
>> all the code are in /usr/lib/win32
>>
>> in kaffeine the win32 path is: /usr/lib/win32
>>
>> kaffeine are not able to play my wma song
>>
>> thanks
>
> Is the wma file DRMed? If so, it will only play under the installation of
> Windows that it was originally downloaded or captured on. Trying to play
> it on another machine (or re-installing Windows) usually makes the file
> unplayable.
>
> If it isn't DRMed, what errors is Kaffeine coming up with? Have you
> checked the logs. A bit more information is required to help...
>
> Dave

Also the SuSE version of XINE (the backend used by Kaffeine) has been
crippled so that it cannot play any format or codec that is not strictly
open source. SuSE did this to comply with German law. There is a way around
the problem: you have to rebuild XINE from the source RPM and install the
"xine-internal" RPM this creates. This package contains the missing formats
and codecs (see file:/usr/share/doc/packages/xine/README.SuSE).

Alan

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