codecspython-2.7soundconverter
when trying to convert some audio files to Ogg Vorbis using Sound Converter I get the following error:
Python (v2.7) requires to install plugins to play media files of the
following type: Windows Media Audio 8 decoder
Any idea where to get this codec or how to install it?
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
It seems the video is using GoToMeeting codec which is not supported on Linux. I searched the Internet and found this forum thread.
There was a link to this page which was provided to be helpful. I read it, as far as I understand, you need to have Wine, mplayer, w32codecs and gotomeeting codec to play it via Wine
I'm quoting the text below:
If you want to watch a GoToMeeting video on Linux (g2m3 codec) You'll need to install mplayer, win32 codecs, wine, the gotomeeting codec (copy the G2M.dll codec to /usr/lib/codecs). Then run the video with WMV. You also might want to see this post on downloading the g2m3 codec.
Apparently, The process is as follows:
Install Wine with sudo apt-get install wine
Install mplayer with sudo apt-get install mplayer. You may want to install a front-end for mplayer. Try smplayer with sudo apt-get install smplayer
Enable the medibuntu repository by going to this help page.
After adding it, install w32codecs with sudo apt-get install w32codecs.
Then Download the free gotoMeeting codec from here. Install the downloaded .exe file with Wine.
After installation, try to play the file using smplayer or mplayer.
Don't forget to copy the G2M.dll file which is installed via Wine into /usr/lib/codecs directory. Most probably, you will find that file under .wine directory which is hidden in your home directory. You can search for that file using nautilus search feature.
For further info, you may want to visit these links:
Hope this answer will help.
There is no .VMW video file extension. After a detailed research I found what you meant is .WMV extension. This is simply a video compression format launched by Microsoft just for market competition. To see all the available video encapsulation formats click here.
For the above reason, this type of files is proprietary and Windows didn't allow open source software, such as Ubuntu, to read this codecs until recently. Follow this link to get full information on what these files are and how to open them inside Ubuntu.
The steps comprise of installing VLC, which I understand you have, and unlocking the "Restricted Extras" package from Ubuntu to unlock WMV files.
For the purpose of clarity, see the encapsulation formats we have in VLC in this screenshot.
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I hope this clarifies and takes out all your doubts in the Q&A. Success!
Best Answer
No need to spend this ridiculous amount of money on some codecs! Use it to make a donation or buy some flowers instead. This is a free way:
Make sure to install both mplayer and lame. To do this open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T or Super+T) and paste (Ctrl+Shift+V) the following line and hit Enter to run:
Enter your password when prompted.
Then navigate to the folder containing your WMAs and run the following command in the same terminal:
This will create 320 kbps MP3s in the same directory, keeping the original files. These MP3s will not contain ID3 data (title, artist, album, etc). GMusicBrowser is excellent for modifying this information.
Thanks to Rory Alsop for the one-line script which needed a slight update. Here he also shows how to make it so that you can run this script in the future by typing a single word in the terminal.