No sound when playing .wmv files

[Jon Dixon]

I downloaded the file.

When I play the file through totem-xine, it stays silent mainly with the 
odd word coming through.

With Mplayer, I get sound all the way through the clip.

- Jon

Jon Dixon wrote:
> I'll take a look at home. Am at work at the moment.
> 
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:18:41 -0800, Karl <kaha at colug.org> wrote:
> 
>>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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we
>>>can solve them.
>>>   - Isaac Asimov
>>
>>
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