How to play proprietary audio and video file formats? [closed]
Could you please help me find / install codecs for proprietary file formats like *.WMV files? Thanks.
Closed for the following reason duplicate question by FranciscoD_
5 Answers
Hi Benjamin,
(i) Install these external repos (as root):
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release.rpm
yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
(ii) Install all the codecs you'll need to play any type of propietary audio or video files (*.wmv, *.mov., *.avi, *.mp3, etc.)
yum install libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdnav lsdvd libdvbpsi gstreamer gstreamer-ffmpeg gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-bad-free gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree gstreamer-plugins-base gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-ugly k3b-extras-freeworld xine-lib xine-lib-extras xine-lib-extras-freeworld
Regards,
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Try opening the .wmv file with Totem player.
It should try to find and download the suitable missing plugins/codecs from the Internet if you have a working connection.
If that doesn't work you may try installing these codecs:
sudo yum -y install gstreamer gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly
for more info just follow this guide (I am assuming you are on fedora 16)
Edit:
In Fedora 17 I did the following to install flash plugin:
32 bit:
sudo rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
64 bit:
sudo rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
and finally the flash plugin:
sudo yum install flash-plugin -y
You may find the answers to the following question relevant:
[Solved] What plugins do I need to install to watch movies and listen to music?
A good website to help you with this kind of questions is:
It's a nice place to start after installing a Fedora system.
@Benjamin you need flash plug-in :
Adobe (Flash Player and PDF Reader):
## Adobe Repository 32-bit x86 ##
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
## Adobe Repository 64-bit x86_64 ##
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
sudo yum install flash-plugin
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Asked: 2012-02-11 04:51:14 -0500
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Last updated: Jun 02 '12
Closing. Duplicate of https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/9111/what-plugins-do-i-need-to-install-to-watch-movies-and-listen-to-music/