[wplug] codec retrieval in Linux

[sean at thelinuxbox.org]

> Hiya,
>   I went with Brian to the PACC meeting Sunday. One of the things we did in 
> the demo of Xandros was pull some video content off the Internet. The codec 
> for wmv files were not yet installed and Brian pulled them down from some 
> website. I was wondering what that site was and what do others do for playing 
> video. I haven't really looked into this before. Is there a howto? Does 
> anybody have experience with difficulty in playing videos? Tips, pointers, or 
> suggestions to relevant material would be good. Shoot I don't even know if I 
> am phrasing that right. Is it codec for wmv files or is it described 
> differently?
>

All you have to do is add the following repositories to your  sources.list (located /etc/apt/sources.list ):

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

After you save it run:

apt-get update
apt-get install w32codecs

Now you should be able to watch most online video fomats.

Cheers
Sean Parsons