Windows Media Player 11

iceblue25.1 · Post by **iceblue25.1** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:46 pm

Hello,

I am trying to run Windows Media Player 11 on WINE and I cant. This is the only software that I need to be windows free since my university posts the lecture videos in WMP 11 DRM format and I cant view them if I dont have WMP11 installed.

It asks for windows genuine verification. Anybody can help? I have wine 1.1.12.

Thanks in advance.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:51 pm

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:46 PM, iceblue25.1 <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello,

I am trying to run Windows Media Player 11 on WINE and I cant. This is the only software that I need to be windows free since my university posts the lecture videos in WMP 11 DRM format and I cant view them if I dont have WMP11 installed.

It asks for windows genuine verification. Anybody can help? I have wine 1.1.12.

Thanks in advance.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10219

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-Austin

3vi1 · Post by **3vi1** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:04 pm

iceblue25.1 wrote:Hello,

I am trying to run Windows Media Player 11 on WINE and I cant. This is the only software that I need to be windows free since my university posts the lecture videos in WMP 11 DRM format and I cant view them if I dont have WMP11 installed.

It asks for windows genuine verification. Anybody can help? I have wine 1.1.12.

Thanks in advance.

Ouch. I feel for your predicament. I'm afraid I would resort to using WinXP (if you own a license) in a VM, in the same situation.

Even if you find a workaround, promise me that you will at least write a letter to whomever's doing the lecture and the head of the CS department about the issues with DRM and vendor lock-in.

iceblue25.1 · Post by **iceblue25.1** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:27 pm

USC offers distant education learning for all of its engineering departments through live/offline video.

I ll sent them an email, however, I dont believe they will change it.

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:04 am

iceblue25.1 wrote:Hello,

I am trying to run Windows Media Player 11 on WINE and I cant. This is the only software that I need to be windows free since my university posts the lecture videos in WMP 11 DRM format and I cant view them if I dont have WMP11 installed.

It asks for windows genuine verification. Anybody can help? I have wine 1.1.12.

Thanks in advance.

I don't know if it works, but have you tried Medibuntu's version of MPlayer (and Medibuntu's codecs)?

MicroCai · Post by **MicroCai** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:52 am

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iceblue25.1 · Post by **iceblue25.1** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 3:00 pm

What do you mean by " Shutdown your network..."?

I have never tried Medibuntu. Can anyone who has it installed verify this?

MicroCai · Post by **MicroCai** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 3:39 pm

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iceblue25.1 · Post by **iceblue25.1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:40 am

Still, I cannot install it.

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:07 am

iceblue25.1 wrote:What do you mean by " Shutdown your network..."?

I have never tried Medibuntu. Can anyone who has it installed verify this?

Medibuntu is only a package repository to host some non-free packages and a special version of MPlayer that comes with more (non-free) codecs. It's thus better able to play more kinds of formats.

It's not difficult to install, why not try it out yourself? I myself don't have any specially encoded WMP files to try it on, though it can definitely play standard wmv's at least and hopefull also what you want to play back.

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:41 pm

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:46 PM, iceblue25.1 <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello,

I am trying to run Windows Media Player 11 on WINE and I cant. This is the only software that I need to be windows free since my university posts the lecture videos in WMP 11 DRM format and I cant view them if I dont have WMP11 installed.

It seems that there is no format changes between WMP 10 and 11... You
might want to give WMP 10 a try as well...

You might have success cracking the WGA check (several search results
contain intructions), but it is probably not legal and therefore not
recommended.

The codec package from Microsoft might enable an older WMP version to
play the new files.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... layLang=en
Other versions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... nload.aspx

It asks for windows genuine verification. Anybody can help? I have wine 1.1.12.

If you actually own a Windows (which is probably a requirement to
legally use WMP), you might want to try running it under Virtualbox...
It is a slower, less elegant, more expensive solution, but it works
for some things that Wine cannot do / do yet... (Still testing
applications under Wine is still recommended though, since it
shortcomings must be know before it can be fixed..)

Gert

iceblue25.1 · Post by **iceblue25.1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:37 pm

Thanks for your feedback.

I managed to install WMP10 but I can't play WMP11 drm-protected files.
The codecs that you have posted are for WMP9.

Unfortunately, Medibuntu codecs do not work.
Looks like there is no solution.

Thanks

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:10 pm

iceblue25.1 wrote:I can't play WMP11 drm-protected files.

WMP's DRM will never work on Wine. It relies on digital signatures of lots of system files which Wine can't "emulate".
The solution is clear - don't use anything DRM.

iceblue25.1 · Post by **iceblue25.1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:39 pm

Maybe, this is the clear solution for you.

But the viable solution for me is to buy a windows cd.

Unfortunately, it is hard to be windows-free, even if you want to be.