Re: ASF encoded videos with WMV extension

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 16:08 +0200, Paul Ionescu wrote:
> Hi Bastien,
> 
> On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 12:12:27 +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > I already explained that it's gone in GNOME 2.8 when the program to handle
> > both types is the same (I personally hated that dialog, and hassled Alex
> > until I could commit it). So you won't get an error when opening an RTF
> > file with a .doc extension, or an ASF file with WMV extension.
> > 
> > If you want a checkbox, you'll need to ask the nautilus-list, or file a
> > bug with nautilus on bugzilla.gnome.org.
> > 
> > Cheers
> 
> 
> Well, I tried this on a FC3 distribution (I think FC3 has Gnome 2.8):
> 
> 1) Right click on a normal .wmv file, selected "Properties", then "Open
> with" tab and added mplayer as the application used to play this type of
> file.
> 
> 2) Right click on a bad .wmv file (.asf type with .wvm extension),
> selected "Properties", then "Open with" tab and added mplayer as the
> application used to play this type of file.

2.1) Right click on a .asf file, select mplayer as the player.

> 3) Restart X server, just to be sure.
> 
> 4) Still got the same message.

And you shouldn't get that error message.

> So, I think I got something wrong, or misunderstood some directions.
> Can you please tell me what am I wrong ?

The program handling .asf and .wmv files isn't the same.

By the way, you wouldn't need to add mplayer by hand to the handlers if
you installed it from the freshrpms.net RPM, it's added automatically.

Cheers

---
Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>