----- "Joel Roth" <joelz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I backed up the entire user directory... not a single error. luky guy > Then I copied a couple WMA albums to a NTFS drive. > These are albums he ripped using Windows Media Player. > > Try as I might, I couldn't get them to play under Linux. As > Julien suggested, I tried downloading codecs from the > mplayer site, deliberately specifying which codecs to use, > and playing with ffplay (ffmpeg). why ffplay? why not mplayer? > Does someone know ways people work with or around this? The > guy is a drummer, and he and his wife are destitute. > We don't have much of a budget for repairs. can't you post somewhere one of those files so that we can try to play them? Or just a few seconds if you can, I think it's more or less legal. Or send a link to me by private email. Always a pleasure to help someone digging for, well, freedom. CÃdric. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user