hardy amd64 - mplayer - codec family [wmv9dmo] (vfm=dmo) not supported

[Savvas Radevic]

Binary package hint: mplayer

Ubuntu hardy heron amd64 64-bit

I cannot view some videos encoded using wmv9dmo codec.
The sound works, but there is no video. Also, totem doesn't play it at all.

$ mplayer file.wmv
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 11)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing file.wmv.
ASF file format detected.
[asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
[asfheader] Video stream found, -vid 2
VIDEO: [WMV3] 640x480 24bpp 1000.000 fps 1500.0 kbps (183.1 kbyte/s)
xscreensaver_disable: Could not find XScreenSaver window.
GNOME screensaver disabled
==========================================================================
Requested video codec family [wmv9dmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
Enable it at compilation.
Requested video codec family [wmvdmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
Enable it at compilation.
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
[wmv3 @ 0xf43220]Reserved RES_SM=2 is forbidden
Could not open codec.
VDecoder init failed :(
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x33564D57.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Forced audio codec: mad
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 48.0 kbit/3.40% (ratio: 6003->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
==========================================================================
AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A: 5.1 (05.0) of 2103.0 (35:03.0) 0.3%

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

I have w64codecs package installed from medibuntu.org

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

I just found out that I was using the mplayer version 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13+medibuntu1 from medibuntu. I guess this is invalid

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

$ apt-cache policy mplayer
mplayer:
  Installed: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13+medibuntu1
  Candidate: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13+medibuntu1
  Version table:
     2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13+medibuntu1 0
        500 http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/non-free Packages
     2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

This is due to the fact that there is no support for all the 32-bit windows-based codecs
Would be good if we had packages for 64-bit such as:
mplayer-686
w32codecs-amd64

[Albin Tonnerre (lutin)]

Hi,
you can use the 'w64codecs' package from medibuntu, which contains the last set of amd64 codecs as ditributed by the mplayer team. Please note that it doesn't have as many codecs as 'w32codecs'.

Cheers

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Yes, but on a 64-bit Ubuntu if you have mplayer 32-bit and w32codecs you can use all of them :)

[Alexey A. Semerenko (lexasem)]

tell please to novice
How to install mplayer 32-bit and w32codecs on ubuntu jaunty amd-64?