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Title: WMV Files Don't Work
Post by: jkruer01 on December 03, 2005, 03:58:20 AM

Every file I download with aMule that is a WMV does not work.  Any other movie files that I download work, but I have not been able to download a single WMV file that works.

Depending on which movie player I use,  it either plays a scrambled movie, I get an error about it being encrypted, or I get an error saying the filename indicates it is WMV format but the contents indicate it is ASF format.

I searched Google and I found someone who uses Suse that is having the same problem, but no solution.
http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/lofiversion/index.php/t24863.html

Again all other formats work but no wmv formats work.  I can view wmv files in webpages without a problem, only wmv files I download from aMule don't work.

Please help,
Thanks!

Title: Re: WMV Files Don't Work
Post by: Kry on December 03, 2005, 06:23:15 AM

Fake wmv files that require a license.

Title: Re: WMV Files Don't Work
Post by: lionel77 on December 03, 2005, 06:36:55 AM

I don't see any way how amule could selectively corrupt your wmv files. More likely, the wmv you are getting with amule are using a different codec than the ones you are downloading from the web (wmv is a container format in a similar way as avi or ogg) and the player you are using is not supporting that particular codec.

So I would suggest trying a different player, maybe even WMP on *gasp* windows. ;)


EDIT:
Or what Kry, who was apparently faster, has said. ;)

Title: Re: WMV Files Don't Work
Post by: Kry on December 03, 2005, 06:53:48 AM

Apparently? I was OBVIOUSLY faster :P

Title: Re: WMV Files Don't Work
Post by: jkruer01 on December 03, 2005, 07:18:16 AM

so it is just a coincidence that EVERY single wmv file I have downloaded is corrupt or used a different codec?  If it was only a couple or even if most didn't work but some did I could understand that.  But I have a hard time believing that when it happens to every single one.

Title: Re: WMV Files Don't Work
Post by: wuischke on December 03, 2005, 08:34:21 AM

Try a download per http by any trustful server and test wheter the wmv work or you just didn't install the proper codecs.

Title: Re: WMV Files Don't Work
Post by: jkruer01 on December 03, 2005, 08:52:40 AM

that's what I said in my first post.  Any other WMV files work.  The only ones that do not work are the ones I download from aMule.  There has not been a single WMV file downloaded from aMule that works.  Other video formats work, and I cam play other WMV files that don't come from aMule

Title: Re: WMV Files Don't Work
Post by: wuischke on December 03, 2005, 10:27:27 AM

The files you download are simply crap, use other file file/container formats like avi, mkv or mpg.

Title: Re: WMV Files Don't Work
Post by: skolnick on December 03, 2005, 04:12:31 PM

Try viewing the wmv files on a windows machine, and see if it works or not. If not, then most probaly your files are damaged/encrypted/whatever.

Regards.