No sound when playing .wmv files

[ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY]

Karl wrote:
> The .wmv files that I'm having problems with have been on my hard drives 
> for over a year, and they played fine on my Gentoo box (I used Xine and 
> w32codecs). When I switched to Ubuntu, I'd backed them up to CD. Now, I 
> have the problem with the lack of audio.
> I don't see how the change of distro could be the issue, as I'm using 
> the same software. This is what perplexes me.
> 

Hi, and sorry for the delay...

Are you sure that w32codecs are installed correctly? (I don't have the 
.deb package myself!).  Try running the following in a shell and send 
the results back please:
	locate divxa32.acm
	mplayer -ac help | grep divxa32.acm
	mplayer -identify -frames 1 some_file.wmv
(of course, some_file.wmv would be one of those files you are having 
trouble with).

Again, sorry for the delay.
Ziyad.