How I read a .wma file

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2009/12/13 Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>:
>
> --- On Sat, 12/12/09, HermanAA <hermanaa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: HermanAA <hermanaa at gmail.com>
>> Subject: How I read a .wma file
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 4:18 PM
>> I want to listen these files:
>> 01 Track 1_8.wma  and  01 Track 1_9.wma (spoken
>> text).
>>  (I Googled, read-up om .wma)
>>
>> My system is: Ubuntu 8.10, default installation.
>>  MY program-source is Synaptic.
>>
>> XMMS2 - wma decoder
>> This is a transitional package that depends on all plugins
>> required for
>> decoding Windows Media Audio files with xmms2.
>>
>> ..........looks like a wrong choice (no codecs I guess).
>>
> Probably don't have the needed mirror activated, medibuntu.
>
>> Is this one better? : (Audacious)
>>
>> small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats
>> Audacious is a fork of beep-media-player which supports
>> winamp skins
>> and many codecs.
>>
>> In the default install, the following codecs are
>> supported:
>>
>> * MP3
>> * Ogg Vorbis
>> * AAC and AAC+
>> * FLAC
>> * Windows Media (WMA)
>> * Musepack
>> * TTA
>> * Many module formats and much more!
>>
>> Additionally, Audacious is extendable through plugins, and
>> contains
>> other useful features like LIRC support and support for
>> last.fm.
>> --------------------
>> I have an old XP installation that we (the kids and I) use
>> maybe 3 times
>> a year. I dont mind making that 2 times.
>> -------------------
>>
>> I am in touch with the maker of this .wma file.
>> Should I suggest to use MP3 instead? (can Windows make MP3
>> Files as
>> easily?)
>>
>> ..... or is this a long-solved problem (just install
>> 'audacious')?
>>
>> Herman in Philippines.
>>
>>
>>
> No expert here but do you have w32codecs installed and perhaps ubuntu-restricted-extras. Do you have medibuntu activated in your sources.list. I don't have any XMMS2 apps installed on my Karmic 64 bit but play audio/video files ok.

As far as I understand, w32codecs should be enough. That's all I
installed anyway (Ubuntu 8.10) and I can play wma and wmv files
without problems.

> The medibuntu entry for sources.list is:
> deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free
> Just change karmic to the name for 8.10 which I don't recall off the top of my head.

Intrepid (Intrepid Ibex)

> Software sources has a medibuntu entry that you can just tick to activate.
> I'm not sure just which player you are using to play wma files but you might try one of the mplayer apps(gnome-mplayer, kmplayer, mplayer, smplayer all of which you may not have on 8.10.
> I suspect you don't have codecs installed but if none of this helps, come back with some info on what you've done and someone will help.
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net

Regards

Johnny Rosenberg