No sound when playing .wmv files

[Karl]

I don't know if it plays okay under Windows (I haven't had Windows
installed since 1994. Went from OS/2 Warp to Linux).
It played fine on this machine when it was running Gentoo. I don't see
what that could have to do with it, but my choice of Linux distro is the
only thing that's changed. Same sound card, same software (Xine).
Here's a link to one of the files that is misbehaving.

http://theheatsinkbbs.ca/ftp/pub/local/clips/IraqNews.wmv

I've downloaded a fresh copy of it (thinking that I'd somehow corrupted
the old one during the backup I did to install Ubuntu), but it does the
same thing (no audio). Perhaps the file itself will shed some light on
the problem. (BTW, the clip is hilarious).  :)


On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 15:47 +0000, Jon Dixon wrote:
> Neither the video and audio look right for a proper media file.
> 
> I take it the file plays okay under windows?
> 
> Have you tried adding the codecs in Ubuntu from Mplayer's site instead
> of using the deb?
> 
> I did a wiki article for it.
> 
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:44:14 -0800, Karl <kaha at colug.org> wrote:
> > Hi, Jon.
> > 
> > --------------------------------
> > Video
> > 
> > Dimensions: 360x288
> > Codec: MS WMV 8 (win32)
> > Framerate: 0 frames per second
> > 
> > Audio
> > 
> > Bitrate: 17 kbps
> > Codec: MS Windows Media Audio 2 (ffmpeg)
> > ---------------------------------
> > 
> > Thanks for taking the time to look at this. I have to get to work, but
> > will check the list this evening. Have a great day!
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 15:31 +0000, Jon Dixon wrote:
> > > Hi Karl
> > >
> > > In nautilus, right click on an offending file and select properties.
> > > Click on the audio/video tab.
> > >
> > > What does it say for the 'Video' and 'Audio' sections.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Jon
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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