[wplug] Codecs on debian?

[Patrick Wagstrom]

You'll want to hook yourself up with the debian-marillat repository.
Add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main

More information is available at:
http://debian.video.free.fr/

Enjoy.

--Patrick

On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 16:40 -0500, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:
> I am trying to install all the various windows video and audio codecs on 
> my machine in the /usr/lib/win32 directory.  I would like to do this in a 
> distro-friendly fashion (i.e. using apt).  But I can't find any packages 
> that install any codecs at all (even in unstable, even in non-free or 
> contrib).
> 
> Specifically I am looking for the ASF audio codec voxmsdec.ax (most other 
> files seem to play just fine).  I see reference to this file everywhere on 
> the web, usually in the context of somebody listing their '/usr/lib/win32' 
> directory in the process of debugging a video or audio playback problem.
> 
> My /usr/lib/win32 directory is nearly empty: all it contains is 
> ir50_32.dll, the Intel Video codec.
> 
> My player is xine, and its configuration lists '/usr/lib/win32' as the 
> directory for windows codecs.
> 
> I thought about switching to mplayer, but it seems to require the same 
> codecs so this problem seems player independent.
> 
> Where should I look for this?  I am in the process of final qualification 
> of Linux to replace Windows on my desktop, but I want to make sure I can 
> watch all my movies.
> 
> Any help?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brandon
> 
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