no sound when playing WMV files

[Chanchao]

On a related note, it seems the Wiki instructions for getting the WMV
codecs (w32codecs) are outdated... When I try to get the codecs I get an
error message:

Connecting to ftp.nerim.net|62.4.17.14|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /debian-marillat/pool/main/w/w32codecs ...
done.
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR w32codecs_20050412-0.4_i386.deb ... done.
w32codecs_20050412-0.4_i386.deb: Permission denied


Cheers,
Chanchao