Vlc does not support WVP2 Photostory 3

[Peterfc]

Hi All

I have received a Dvd of my grandchilren. When i tried to have a look Vlc does not support the audei or video format "WVP2". Unfortunatley there is no way to fix this. Real player comes up with a General error.

Any ideas how to play this format Dvd. I am told it was made using windows Photo story 3

[Liolikas]

Win32 Codecs you need to open windos only media.

[Paqman]

You'll need to enable the Medibuntu repository, then install the package non-free-codecs. That'll install either w32codecs or w64codecs, plus some other good stuff like k/x/ubuntu-restricted-extras (if you don't have that already)

[andrew.46]

Hi Peterfc,

I have received a Dvd of my grandchilren. When i tried to have a look Vlc does not support the audei or video format "WVP2". Unfortunately there is no way to fix this. Real player comes up with a General error.

This is a 'Windows Media Video 9.1 Image V2' file and I believe that it is most commonly generated by Photo Story 3.1, as you mention. Most compilations of vlc will not in fact play this file as vlc has to be compiled with a certain option -enable-loader for it to use the dmo codecs and this is routinely not done in Ubuntu versions. The good news is that MPlayer will play these files in conjunction with the w32codecs by using:

wmvadmo     dmo       working   Windows Media Video Adv DMO  [wmvadvd.dll]

So if you add the Medibuntu repository and download MPlayer and the w32codecs you should be seeing your grandchildren soon . If anybody is interested in having a look at one of these files I have a sample on my website:

wget http://andrews-corner.org/samples/TeaPartyCommercial.wmv

All the best,

Andrew

[John Wilson]

Hi Peterfc,
The good news is that MPlayer will play these files in conjunction with the w32codecs by using:

wmvadmo     dmo       working   Windows Media Video Adv DMO  [wmvadvd.dll]

So if you add the Medibuntu repository and download MPlayer and the w32codecs you should be seeing your grandchildren soon . If anybody is interested in having a look at one of these files I have a sample on my website:

Andrew

Andrew,
Thank you for your post. I too am trying to get a Photo Story 3 file to run.
For MPlayer are you meaning Gnome MPlayer or Totem Movie Player?
I was able to add the Medibuntu repository which allowed me to install the w32codecs but what does this mean?:
wmvadmo dmo working Windows Media Video Adv DMO [wmvadvd.dll]

Thanks,
John

[andrew.46]

Hi John,

On my own system I was referring to the commandline program MPlayer but the gnome MPlayer will do as well, it is simply a gtk frontend for the commandline MPlayer after all. The reference to wmvadvd.dll is simply highlighting the codec that MPlayer uses to play Photo Story files, this should be automagically selected for you if you use the gnome Mplayer. I have removed the sample file from my website btw, but another can be found here.

Andrew

[John Wilson]

Hi Andrew
Thank you for your reply and giving me another link.
When I try and open your link the audio runs and I can see a still picture titled "Arrive dans la ville natale de la familie de Jacqueline" and then mplayer looks for a suitable plug in until I get the following message:
"No package with the requested plugins found
The requested plugins are: video/x-asf-unknown decoder"
Cant find video/x-asf-unknown or a shortened version on synaptic
Any suggestions?
John

[no2498]

open a terminal type smplayer click enter
it tells you how to install it

it lodes some more codes that vlc and winff does not have

[John Wilson]

Thank you no2498
smplayer looks cool but it does not run a photostory 3 file
Do I need to install something else

[no2498]

not that i know of
try the same thing you always use
im not sure if a restart will help or not
but the codes it lodes helps a lot of programs

i do hope it helps you in the long run anyway