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dbrane
Asked: 2011-04-30 09:14:49 +0800 CST

Is there a free option for playing WMA files?

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Any free codecs out there to get my WMA files playing on Rhythmbox? (11.04)

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6 Answers

  1. Another good thing is to install the package ubuntu-restricted-extras 

    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

    It will install a lot more than just codecs for wma files. But you shouldn't have any problems with media files after the installation.

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  2. Fairly sure it's in one of the 'restricted' packages. Try adding:

    • gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
    • gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly

    One of those should handle WMA, I believe.

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  3. You can use VLC media player. It's an open source project, plus it has loads of features.

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  4. What do you mean by "free"? open-source? or simply usable without paying anything? I doubt there are open-source codecs for wma, but I think you can install them as part of ubuntu-restricted-extras. At least after installing vlc and all it's dependencies banshee can play wma files.

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  5. Running 10.04.3, i386 version on AMD Phenom.

    Installed the following packages: ubuntu-restricted-extras, gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly, gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse, vlc.

    DRM-free wma lossless files still won't play in either Banshee or VLC :-/

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  6. The following answer is for 18.04.

    Rhythmbox uses gstreamer to play music. The ASF demuxer is provided by the gstreamer "ugly" plugins.

    First, run the following commands to enable the universe repository:

    sudo add-apt-repository universe

    Next, run the following commands to install the ASF demuxer:

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly

    It's also probably a good idea to install the restricted extras package to cover other formats:

    sudo add-apt-repository multiverse
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras
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