[wplug] Codecs on debian?
Carl Benedict
cbenedic at pittsburghtechs.com
Tue Feb 1 17:03:28 EST 2005
On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 16:40, 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?
MPlayer has a package that includes many codes at their homepage:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html
Perhaps you can find a .deb version of this archive? If not, at least
you know where to find them now. I use MPlayer and I do no have a
'voxmsdec.ax' file anywhere. I am able to watch many movie formats and
I don't have any known problems. Maybe I'm just fortunate? :)
HTH
--Carl
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Carl Benedict
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