Help with multimedia files needed

[Michael Bach (gmx)]

Ralph De Witt wrote:
> On Friday 26 October 2007 13:38:43 Karl wrote:
>> Try "medibuntu".
>> www.medibuntu.Borg
>>
>> Op Friday 26 October 2007 18:27:06 schreef Ralph De Witt:
>>> Hi all:
>>> I am running a up to date Gutsy system. While looking at some multimedia
>>> files, I noticed that I have some WMF files that are not opening. I would
>>> like to get these to open and then convert them to a standard format. Can
>>> anyone tell me what codecs I need to download then what I have to do to
>>> convert them to a standard format? TIA
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>>> 	Yours,
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> Karl:
> Thanks for help. Have win32codecs installed, have mplayer installed, installed 
> xine, but still unable to open files. When I click on file and say open with 
> kmplayer, nothing shows it says mplayer not running. If I select open with 
> xine no pictures. Any help as to configuration etc? TIA
> 
> 
One way to get more information is to start mplayer from the 
commandline. In a terminal, run this: "mplayer NamOfMediafile.wmf". 
Else, click on the file and say open with kmplayer, in the kmplayer 
menu, go to "view" and select "Console", the appearance will change and 
you will get a few lines of textual information. Check this for any 
errors, or post it.

Mike