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VLC and WMAL (wma Lossless) Decoder
Posted: 01 Feb 2009 02:40
by Magn3s1um
Every time I try and play WMAL files, which are wma lossless files, i get this error from VLC.
"No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "wmal". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this."
I read online, and everyone said VLC for windows shouldn't have a problem playing wmal. Is vlc right in saying I cannot fix this?
Re: VLC and WMAL (wma Lossless) Decoder
Posted: 01 Feb 2009 08:59
by Lotesdelere
Look at the top right corner of this page. You can see a Search box.
Type in WMAL and hit Enter.
You got the
answer.
Re: VLC and WMAL (wma Lossless) Decoder
Posted: 01 Feb 2009 22:28
by argb444
Hi,
I use VLC to play/stream WMA Lossless files and it works just fine. The files are produced using Windows Media Encoder 9 and they have the .WMA file extension. VLC maybe does not like the .WMAL file extension.
I'm curious, what encoding tool produces WMA lossless format and assignes it a .WMAL file extension?
argb
Re: VLC and WMAL (wma Lossless) Decoder
Posted: 02 Feb 2009 09:01
by Lotesdelere
I use VLC to play/stream WMA Lossless files and it works just fine.
Because VLC is using the Windows Media DMO codec and not its internal codec.
Code: Select all
main debug: looking for decoder module: 36 candidates
kate debug: kate: OpenDecoder
dmo debug: found DMO: WMAudio Decoder DMO
dmo debug: DMO input type set
dmo debug: DMO output type set
dmo debug: GetOutputSizeInfo(): bytes 16384, align 1
main debug: using decoder module "dmo"