Bug 452179 - Unable to play wmv videos
Summary: Unable to play wmv videos
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: gwenview
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 21.12.3
Platform: Manjaro Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Gwenview Bugs
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Reported: 2022-04-02 14:26 UTC by Teddy
Modified: 2025-09-20 03:48 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Teddy 2022-04-02 14:26:07 UTC
SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Try to play wmv video.
2. 
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Can't play it.

EXPECTED RESULT
Play it smoothly.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.17.1-3-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Teddy 2022-04-02 14:26:17 UTC
$ gwenview video.wmv
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-mng"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved raw mime type  "image/x-samsung-srw"
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Comment 2 Teddy 2022-04-02 14:27:10 UTC
MEDIAINFO:
General
Complete name                            : video.wmv
Format                                   : Windows Media
File size                                : 23.6 MiB
Duration                                 : 1 min 40 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Constant
Overall bit rate                         : 1 973 kb/s
Maximum Overall bit rate                 : 7 185 kb/s
Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-09-21 03:08:56
Cover                                    : Y

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : VC-1
Format profile                           : MP@HL
Codec ID                                 : WMV3
Codec ID/Info                            : Windows Media Video 9
Codec ID/Hint                            : WMV3
Description of the codec                 : Windows Media Video 9 - Professional
Duration                                 : 1 min 40 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 7 000 kb/s
Width                                    : 854 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.570
Stream size                              : 83.6 MiB

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : WMA
Format profile                           : Pro
Codec ID                                 : 162
Codec ID/Info                            : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec                 : Windows Media Audio 10 Professional - 128 kbps, 48 kHz, 2 channel 16 bit (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration                                 : 1 min 40 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 128 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 1.53 MiB (6%)
Comment 3 Teddy 2022-04-02 14:27:39 UTC
Can't attach the video because is NSFW.
Comment 4 Teddy 2022-04-02 14:28:45 UTC
$ mplayer video.wmv 
MPlayer SVN-r38359 (C) 2000-2022 MPlayer Team
226 audio & 469 video codecs
do_connect: could not connect to socket
connect: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing video.wmv.
libavformat version 59.16.100 (external)
ASF file format detected.
[asfheader] Video stream found, -vid 1
[asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 2
VIDEO:  [WMV3]  854x480  24bpp  1000.000 fps  7000.0 kbps (854.5 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Requested video codec family [wmv9dmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
Enable it at compilation.
Requested video codec family [wmvdmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
Enable it at compilation.
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 59.18.100 (external)
[wmv3 @ 0x7f7cf61d93a0]Requested frame threading with a custom get_buffer2() implementation which is not marked as thread safe. This is not supported anymore, make your callback thread-safe.
[wmv3 @ 0x7f7cf61d93a0]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0
Selected video codec: [ffwmv3] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg WMV3/WMV9)
==========================================================================
Load subtitles in ./
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 128.0 kbit/4.17% (ratio: 16002->384000)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmapro] afm: ffmpeg (WMA Pro audio (FFmpeg))
==========================================================================
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [vdpau] 854x480 => 854x480 Planar YV12 
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [vdpau] 854x480 => 854x480 Planar YV12 
A:   6.8 V:   6.8 A-V:  0.001 ct:  0.084  55/ 55 10%  3%  0.5% 0 0 

Exiting... (Quit)
Comment 5 A Linux User 2025-08-21 00:06:47 UTC
Thank you for the bug report. Unfortunately we were not able to get to it yet. Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with Gwenview 25.08.0?
Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-05 03:48:07 UTC
🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-20 03:48:00 UTC
🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.