.wmv -- Wha...?

HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
How do I play .wmv's?

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  • semipsychoticsemipsychotic Join Date: 2003-07-09 Member: 18061Members
    I think that you can play them with just windows media player. What version do you have?
  • HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
    Iduno, Ill update it though thanks.
  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Windows Media Video.
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    edited July 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--#Ha.Ze-+Jul 25 2003, 04:23 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (#Ha.Ze- @ Jul 25 2003, 04:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Iduno, Ill update it though thanks. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    NOO dont update!!!!111ONE ONEONE OMG NOO !!111one oneone


    WIn media player 9 is simply retarded

    Microsoft while trying to get people to cut back on illegal file sharing crap put lots of restrictions on what codecs and formats WMP will play.

    U can t un update the thing or uninstall it either.


    Now every time I want to see a movie I MADE like from a ideo camera or someone elsees game movie, or 1/2 the game movie trailers, or anoy other legal video clip chances are win media player cant run it. All you will get is < cannot find viedo codec, trying to download from codec site, then it wont get it. I have to use a whole slew of progams so I can see them.


    I have BS Player, Divx, Elecard Mpeg 2 etc.

    I used to be able to watch all these cool random LEGITIMET vid clips with windows media player, then I got 9 and i was screwed.
  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    WMV is the Windows Media's video file type. Therefore, Windows Media Player will run it. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Iced_EagleIced_Eagle Borg Engineer Join Date: 2003-03-02 Member: 14218Members
    winamp works too....
  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    go to google and search for MPLAYERC.EXE . It plays a whole slew of formats, it's based off of Win Media Player 6.0 but uses brand new codecs.

    It plays:

    .avi
    .mov
    .wmv


    I don't know what else it plays.

    This is the homepage <a href='http://gabest.org/' target='_blank'>MplayerC Homepage</a>

    My cousin D/Led it and now I love it. Very good controls too, loads quicker then QuickTime and uses the same codecs.
  • SandrockSandrock Join Date: 2002-12-16 Member: 10905Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I use winamp to view most (if not all) of my media files. However, you'll still have to upgrade your Windows media player in order to get the latest version of the codec. I couldn't view any of the ns2.0 videos in WMP or winamp until I upgraded.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Doens't WinAMP3 play .wmv files?
  • JammerJammer Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 728Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://www.winamp.com' target='_blank'>Don't Use Windows Media!</a>
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