[MPlayer-users] Star Trek Nemesis trailer in WMV

[D Richard Felker III]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 12:21:58AM -0500, Bob Lockie wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> I'm trying to get this (presumably) Windows media player file to work:
> http://a212.m.akastream.net/7/212/7665/v001/paramount.download.akamai.com/7665/streams/promo/nemesis_trailer_300.wmv
> 
> I got the latest code from CVS and did:
> ./configure --enable-gui --enable-qtx-codecs
> 
> It said and then I did make and make install.
> Config files successfully generated by ./configure !
> 
>  Install prefix: /usr/local
>  Data directory: /usr/local/share/mplayer
>  Config direct.: /usr/local/etc/mplayer
> 
>  Byte order: Little Endian
>  Optimizing for: i686 mmx mmx2 3dnow 3dnowex mtrr
> 
>  Enabled optional drivers:
>    Input: streaming tv-v4l tv cdda mpdvdkit2 vcd
>    Codecs: qtx divx5linux libdv xanim dshow/dmo win32 libvorbis libmad
>    Audio output: alsa9 arts oss sdl mpegpes(file)
>    Video output: xvidix sdl vesa gif89a jpeg png mpegpes(file) svga 
> xmga mga opengl dga xv x11
>  Disabled optional drivers:
>    Input: tv-bsdbt848 dvdnav dvdread dvdcss
>    Codecs: divx4linux xvid libavcodec real liblzo
                             ^^^^^^^^^^

For one thing you forgot to install libavcodec!! Read the README or
download a release version with lavc included!

Also, depending on the file, you may need win32 binary codecs to play
it. Lavc can't yet decode wmv2 (aka wmv8) or the new wmv9.

Rich