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vlc can not play wmv3 files on Linux

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vlc can not play wmv3 files on Linux

Posted: 14 Oct 2004 10:13
by freshadow
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!


I can not open 'VLC media player' board.

Posted: 14 Oct 2004 16:37
by dionoea
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)

Posted: 15 Oct 2004 08:12
by freshadow
but why not using win32codecs on VLC?

Posted: 15 Oct 2004 08:13
by freshadow
Thank you!
but why not using win32codecs on VLC?

why not using win32codecs?

Posted: 15 Oct 2004 08:15
by freshadow
Thank you!
but why not using win32codecs?
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