[vlc] Re: WMV3 Error on VLC

[nisit chouhan]

Thanks DJ

The WMV3 on Mac OSX through WMP9 basically doesn't work. I do think that
VLC should consider Mac users as much as PC Windows users that's all.

Appreciated its not VLC's fault.



on 27/2/05 9:46 pm, Derk-Jan Hartman at hartman at videolan.org wrote:

> 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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