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vlc can not play wmv3 files on Linux

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freshadow
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vlc can not play wmv3 files on Linux

Postby freshadow » 14 Oct 2004 10:13

VLC can not play wmv3 files on Linux
It report no suitable decoder module for fourcc 'wmv3'
but it can play on Windows

why?How?
Thanks!


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Postby dionoea » 14 Oct 2004 16:37

On the windows OS, vlc uses a microsoft API to decode Windows Media 3 files.
This isn't available on linux/macOS so VLC can't decode wm3 files under these OSs.
(no open source decoder exists for wm3)
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Postby freshadow » 15 Oct 2004 08:12

but why not using win32codecs on VLC?
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Postby freshadow » 15 Oct 2004 08:13

Thank you!
but why not using win32codecs on VLC?
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why not using win32codecs?

Postby freshadow » 15 Oct 2004 08:15

Thank you!
but why not using win32codecs?
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