WMV video format - are there other players for win98x ??

[vhelp]

Hi everyone.

I was reading this topic here:
--> check out my new videoclip_

..and found that it was .WMV file (windows media video) and I
can not play it on my setup.. WIN98x crashes out of win media plyr.

Is there any other software player (not huge app) that I can D/L on
dial-up and play them under my given os ??

These are the only files I can't seem to play these days, and for
some strange reason, I am finding more and more people using this
format to share their videos on the net.

Thanks,
-vhelp 3557

[presto]

You just need to update windows media player.

[celtic_druid]

mplayer and VLC also support WMV playback, although I don't think that VLC supports all versions. WMV9/VC-1 is I believe supported though.

[vhelp]

@ celtic ..

How do I D/L it ??
Do you have a direct D/L url link ??

I went to the site listed in the thread you posted, but all it
is giving me are a bunch of other D/L 's and not mplayer itself.

Thanks,
-vhelp 3558

[The_Doman]

Get Media Player Classic
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

That should work..

[celtic_druid]

Media Player Classic relies on the same dshow/DMO decoders that wmp does.

I didn't post any thread.

http://www.aziendeassociate.it/cd.asp?dir=/mplayer
mencoder is included which will make the download a larger. Other people release just mplayer compiles so you are welcome to grab theirs if you want to save on download time or just download the win32 compile from mplayerhq.

[The_Doman]

Media Player Classic relies on the same dshow/DMO decoders that wmp does.

At least with Media Player Classic I could play WMV files with WIN98 while the standard mediaplayer always crashed with those files.