LINUX Users, HELP! Windos Media Player!!!?

Question

I want to watch a video in the internet. But the browser(firefox) gives a message that I need to install windows media player. I try to install it but it says I have to doing manually. I go to microsoft web site. And of course the do not have WMP for linux. So the file is in wmv. How can solve this problem so I can see videos that require WMP or have the format wmv. Plz. HELP

Answer 1

MPlayer is your answer. I've linked to a SUSE site, because you didn't mention the distro you are using. It should get you pointed the right direction.

Answer 2

Question what system are you using linux or windows?
if your using Linux which one?
if your on windoz then use IE6 and downlodad Media player 9 from msn which is an internet install
if your working with Linux there are several media players that will do the same job.

Do a search for media players for linux on the web

Answer 3

Never having run Linux, I can't give you a quick fix.

But, what I would do first, is ASK LINUX.

There is most likely a patch and the site most likely to give you this info is LINUX.

Failing this, try Windows Knowledge Base, use their search engine and type in Windows Media Player Linux compatable, click search or send.

Answer 4

You need to install mplayer and the mplayer plugin for Mozilla.

http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net

Both are also available in most package repositories. I would reccomend installing using this way. Installing the mplayer plugin will install mplayer by default.

Answer 5

install mplayer for linux and with it the plugin for firefox :)
this will play almost all file formats !

Answer 6

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Answer 7

search google for the "mplayer" firefox plugin