[vlc] Re: WMV3 Error on VLC

[Mark Moriarty]

Not that I know of, I'm afraid.

MS has kept their wmv3 format closed-source (proprietary).  They are
attempting to get a subset of it defined as an industry standard, and there
is some move going on in the open-source commuity to implement it, but
nothing concrete as of yet.

There is another player which will work with copies of Windows DLLs, but
that doesn't help Mac users -- it only works, as far as I know, on Linux
implementations that are using Intel Pentium (or equivalent AMD) processors.
The PowerPC that the Mac is on has a fundamentally different underlying
architecture, so you cannot just pick up a copy of an Intel binary and use
it. 

-----Original Message-----
From: vlc-bounce at videolan.org [mailto:vlc-bounce at videolan.org] On Behalf Of
nisit chouhan
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 3:19 PM
To: vlc at videolan.org
Subject: [vlc] Re: WMV3 Error on VLC


Thanks Mark, is that a limitation of VLC then? In that it doesn't allow
Wmv3 files to play on mac machines. I think ive heard of many mac users
expierencing the same problems.

So what IS the solution for us Mac users out there? I heard theres a similar
Programme like VLC but better  - Do you or anyone else know what its called?

Thanks Nisit


on 26/2/05 8:03 pm, Mark Moriarty at mfmbusiness at earthlink.net wrote:

> Correct, vlc only supports wmv3 on Windows, and only if Windows has 
> WMP9 or WMP10 installed.
> 
> It's a core system functionality thing.  On Windows, MS has this API 
> known as DMO, which provides hooks to the CODEC.  There is no similar 
> functionality provided by MS for Mac or Linux.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vlc-bounce at videolan.org [mailto:vlc-bounce at videolan.org] On 
> Behalf Of nisit chouhan
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 2:59 PM
> To: vlc at videolan.org
> Subject: [vlc] Re: WMV3 Error on VLC
> 
> 
> That's a good attempt Mark and thank you...do you mean VLC only 
> supports
> WMV3 on Windows but NOT on Mac machines , as I have a Mac and I have 
> windows Media player 9.0 but....
> 
>  I dwonloaded WM pplayer 9.0 but that doesn't work and shows me a  
> "Invalid challenge string: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80041003." error
> 
>  Anyone have ideas why that is and what is the fix on either the VLC 
> or Wm player 9.0?
> 
> 
> on 26/2/05 3:42 pm, Mark Moriarty at mfmbusiness at earthlink.net wrote:
> 
>> No patch.  VLC only supports WMV3 on Windows, and you need windows 
>> media player 9 or 10, I believe, which supplies the underlying codec.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vlc-bounce at videolan.org [mailto:vlc-bounce at videolan.org] On 
>> Behalf Of nisit chouhan
>> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 10:35 AM
>> To: vlc at videolan.org
>> Subject: [vlc] WMV3 Error on VLC
>> 
>> 
>> Anyone explain below and what is the solution ?
>> 
>>>> Hi, when I try to play a .wmv file on VLC i get this message error
>> Unknown command.
>> 
>>>> below..
>> Unknown command.
>> 
>>>> main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `WMV3'.
>> Unknown command.
>> 
>>>> VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
>> Unknown command.
>> 
>>>> what is the fix ?...is there a patch you can send please ?
>> Unknown command.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks Nisit
>> 
>> 
>> 
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