[Novices] WMV attachments

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> Brock Inglehart wrote:
> > Using SUSE 9.2, KDE desktop.
> > Is there a simple plugin for Linux that will allow me to play the
> > Windows WMV attachments?  Hate to keep having to forward them back to
> > myself and then reboot to Win. to see them.
> Mplayer with the Win32.dll codecs will play most everything.
> Modify the instructions here for 9.2
> http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/lofiversion/index.php/t5859.html
> where they say 9.1 you should be able to substitute 9.2.
> If they do not have the Win32.dlls then google for them with suse9.2
> and you should come up with similar a how-to for that.
> You should be able to install everything you need with yast once you
> find the correct install source.
> If all else fails you can get the Win32.dll codecs here:
> http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/codecs.html
> I haven't tried this on 9.2 but I have done it on 9.3 and 10.0.

On SuSe 10 at least you just add a source to Yast and installation is
100% automated (just the way basically functionality like this SHOULD
be).