iTechLog » w32 codec http://itechlog.com Your source to IT solutions, interesting technology news and code snipets. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:05:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc w32 codec and flash for OpenSUSE 11.1 http://itechlog.com/linux/2008/12/20/w32-codec-and-flash-for-opensuse-111/ http://itechlog.com/linux/2008/12/20/w32-codec-and-flash-for-opensuse-111/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:46:55 +0000 Alex Costa http://itechlog.com/linux/2008/12/20/w32-codec-and-flash-for-opensuse-111/ The restricted Multimedia formats like WMV, MPEG-4 and encrypted DVDs cannot have native support in any Linux disto. I have just installed OpenSUSE 11.1 and once again I have to manually install these codecs, and as usual the Linux community has been very helpfull.
You only need to click on a simple wizard which will guide you through the installation process of some additional multimedia codecs. Just go to http://opensuse-community.org/Multimedia. The .ymp ( a Yast Meta Package Handler file) will add the repositories and automatically install all needed codecs, painless. After that just select your prefered video player and enjoy your movies.

I did have a problem with the Flash player plugin for Firefox after installing OpenSUSE 11.1, the version downloaded directly from Adobe crashed and did not reinstall, a quick solution was to install it with zypper  $ sudo zypper install flash-player

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