[iBook] Can't read "wmv" files

[Allen Jeng]

Well ... the funny problem with WMV3 is that Microsoft hasn't updated
Windows Media Player 9 for a very long time... (b/c they want people
to use Windows ... blah!)  Not sure if you can find WMV3 codec (I
didn't try searching), that's pretty much what VLC is complaining
about.

Unless someone can find a codec for WMV3 for VLC, Windows Media
Player, or Quicktime, you're probably stuck as I am & is forced to
view that WMV3 encoded wmv/avi on a lame Windows machine or a VPC (as
someone on the list suggested.

 -A


On 9/12/05, Christophe Claude <chris.claude at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Since I've upgrade to tiger, I can't read anymore some (not all) of
> the ".wmv" files I have on my computer either with "windows media
> player" or "vlc".
> The last file I downloaded from the web, I was able to read it once
> but when I open it few days after, I couldn't!
> More weird, I can read those files from the shared folder of a fellow
> who is running windows!
>
> VLC error : "main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `WMV3'.
> VLC probably does not support this sound or video format."
>
> WMP error : "le type de flux de données spécifié n'est pas reconnu"
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated,
>
> Cheers,
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