I was using Ubuntu 13.04 (end of life) - now using 13.10. I have this.wmv video file. When I try to play it on vlc, it shows the error below, there is no video but the audio is working properly: No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format 'G2M4'. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this. Do I need to install any codec? How can I play this file?
When I run it with totem movie player, I get: Required plugin could not be found Videos requires to install plugins to play media files of the following type: video/x-asf-unknown decoder EDIT#1 This edit is after trying the answers given. 1) I installed mplayer.
When I ran the video file it was processing something which would have taken a long time to complete. Please see the screen shot below(look at the last line). 2) Then I installed smplayer (GUI). When I tried running the.wmv file, only audio came but not video (as with the case of vlc).
3) I tried upgrading my vlc version from the current version 2.0.8 to a higher one. I googled & tried different ways but to no avail. Then I removed it & reinstalled it. 1) sudo apt-get purge vlc 2) sudo apt-get autoremove 3) sudo apt-get install vlc After doing all this, still the version of the vlc was the same 2.0.8! Is it because Ubuntu 13.04 isn't supported any more? So from Ubuntu repository, only that version can be installed?
Is it that for installing latest or further versions I need to get it from website? Now also the video of the.wmv file didn't run. 4) `ubuntu-restricted-extras` are already installed. I would like to repeat that I'm working on Ubuntu 13.04 which is not supported since last 5 months. This may be the issue. I'm preparing my laptop now for upgrading to newer versions of Ubuntu.
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Once I install the new OS, I will check whether the video file runs there! EDIT#2 I've installed Ubuntu13.10 on my laptop now & removed the older unsupported one (Ubuntu 13.04). Now I tried to run the video but failed.
1) 1st I write with respect to what Seth has written. I ran sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras but still the video part isn't running.
2) Now I write with respect to what Erik wrote in his answer. After installing Ubuntu13.10, I installed vlc player via sudo apt-get install vlc. The version of VLC was 2.0.8. (Erik, one thing to be noted. This is the same version as with ubuntu13.04.) To upgrade to 2.1.0., I ran the 3 commands (using ppa). I found the version now to be VLC media player 2.0.10 Twoflower (revision 2.0.8+git20140326+r49189+13+8~ubuntu13.10.1) & not 2.1.0. With this version, the.wmv file couldn't run the video part as earlier.
Only audio is running as was earlier. Here the screen shot is the same as the 1st image in this Q. So, using PPA, I couldn't upgrade to 2.1.0. So, it's working the same way as with previous O.S. Only audio is functioning but not video. Mouse And Keyboard Recorder Serial Key. EDIT#3 This edit is with reference to the answer posted by @erik I'm able to compile vlc from source (option 1 as mentioned in his answer) but still the video part couldn't be played, only the audio is working as earlier. Sudo apt-get build-dep vlc./configure make sudo make install I didn't find any error in running the above commands.