Re: ASF encoded videos with WMV extension

[Paul Ionescu <i_p_a_u_l yahoo com>]

Hi,

On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:59:39 +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote:
>> 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.

When I right click on a bad .wmv file (.asf type with .wvm extension),
nautilus already says in Basic tab:
Type: Microsoft ASF video
MIME type: video/x-ms-asf

Nevertheless, I did this to an real .asf file, and as I expected, mplayer
 entry was already existent and selected.
And it still does not work.

>> 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.

I just reinstalled mplayer from freshrpms, restarted nautilus and I still
get the same message.