Codec question

[cj]

Patton Echols wrote:
> When I first installed ubuntu edgy I went through a number of steps to 
> get media files playing correctly.  I have now ubgraded to feisty (a 
> month or two actually) and just recently discovered that several .WMV 
> files won't play  correctly.  They used to work.
>
> I found instructions for w32codecs here:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=413624
>
> That has instructions for getting w32codecs from Medibuntu.  I did not 
> follow that procedure exactly because Medibuntu is shown as enabled in 
> synaptics package manager "third party software" even though I don't see 
> it listed in /etc/apt/sources.list  also, an attempt to install 
> w32codecs returns the following:
>
> $ sudo apt-get install w32codecs
> Password:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree      
> Reading state information... Done
> w32codecs is already the newest version.
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer 
> required:
>   libflac++5c2 libgnet2.0-0 ntp-simple ntp xlibmesa-gl-dev
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>
>
> So two questions, (1) is there another version of w32codecs that I 
> should have? 
> (2)  Is there some reason I should not remove the packages as suggesteb 
> by "apt-get" above?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all thoughts.
>
>   
have you tried VLC player? that one is compatible with bunches of 
formats and comes packaged with all the libraries

--cj