no sound when playing WMV files

[Tom Adelstein]

On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 04:17 +0300, ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 19:36 -0400, Dex wrote:
> > Hey Guys, appreciate your input. I tried gedit etc.... and this is what
> > it initially tells me:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > (gedit:14723): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session
> > manager:
> > 
> > Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols
> > specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
> > 
> > It does, however, open session manager with catalog.cache. When I try
> > to find the file to modify it tells me it can't find it. So - I go
> > searching for it manually, pointing to it - and bang, the same problem
> > as before - now it finds it, but can't open it! 
> > 
> > I'm in root terminal with gedit, so naturally don't use sudo, but no
> > matter what I can't open the file.  :?
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Dex
> > 
> Don't use root privilege when editing your own files *EVER*!  It's a
> very Very VERY bad thing to do to yourself!
> 
> (You don't need to edit the *.dll file itself!  All you need is editing
> one file which is "~/.xine/catalog.cache" like explained next.)
> 
> Just do the following:
>       * Quit Totem.
>       * Edit the file "~/.xine/catalog.cache" by running:
>                 gedit ~/.xine/catalog.cache
>         in a terminal or the "Run Application..." dialogue.
>       * Search for the string:
>                 [/usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0/xineplug_decode_w32dll.so]
>         (from "Search" menu, choose find and enter that string when
>         asked.)
>       * About 6 or 7 lines below you'll find a line that reads:
>                 decoder_priority=1
>         change it to:
>                 decoder_priority=7
>       * Save the file and exit gedit.
>       * Try Totem now.
> 
> (In the above, I'm assuming you are using totem-xine and you installed
> w32codecs correctly.  If you didn't know how to do any of that or you
> don't know what I'm talking about just ask again.)
> Ziyad.
> 

You need to also make sure that if you have Totem installed that you
have the same version.

Have you visited the following URL? It's a reference off the totem
project page.

http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/