[MPlayer-users] Quicktime .mov file with WMV and WMA codes

[Ivan Kowalenko]

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On Nov 27, 2006, at 12.43, Jatin Sharma wrote:

> Hello,
> I have a Quicktime file with WMA and WMV codecs. This file was  
> created on Mac OS with Flip4Mac software and plays fine on my iBook  
> using Quicktime. This file doesn't play on a Windows XP machine  
> using Quicktime.

That's because QT for Windows doesn't have access to the WMV/WMA  
libraries. That's all the Flip4Mac is.

>  Questions:
> - Can mplayer play this file?

Only if it's not WMV9, and if it is, only if you have the binary  
codecs. Also, only if it isn't encrypted.

> - Can I extract the video and audio information from this file and  
> save it as a wmv?

Yes and no. You can put it in an AVI, but you can't put it in a WMV.
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