xine w/ wmv - no video

[Joseph Sinclair]

It's more likely that the new videos use new WMV codecs or require a "phone-home" call to play.  WMV an "evolving" format, meaning that MS modifies it every 6 months or so to ensure it won't be reliably playable on any platform except Windows.  The modifications are generally nothing more than a new FourCC, a slight packet header change, and some additional options for restricting content, but they don't play on the old codecs, so you have to "upgrade" a Windows machine, then pull in the new codec DLL to get it to play.  If the videos require a "Phone Home" check, they won't play anywhere except Windows, no matter what you do.

Eric "Shubes" wrote:
> I used to have xine set up on FC5 working nicely. I had to install the
> wmv codecs for it to work.
> 
> Some time ago I noticed that wmv files weren't showing video any more.
> Not a big deal, as I only use it to view an occasional email attachment
> now and then.
> 
> wmv files seem to play ok, no errors that I see, audio plays, just no
> video. I'm guessing that a FC5 upgrade might have broken something. Any
> ideas what direction to look for a fix?