[vlc] Re: WMV3 Error on VLC

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

On 26 feb 2005, at 21:29, Mark Moriarty wrote:
> 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.

Actually this just takes a lot of time and effort so we need to be 
patient. We could also just hit M$ very hard and tell them they should 
stop using/making stupid proprietary software.

> 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.

Correct.
Also, WMV3 is supported on Mac OSX trough WMP9 for the Mac, the problem 
is that it only support WMV3 in ASF or WMV files (but even this is 
highly crash prone and incomplete implementation) and not in AVI files.


So basically, don't blame us, blame Microsoft and tell them to write 
better software.

DJ


> -----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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