[K12OSN] How playback asf video files?

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Anyone,

This may be an admin 101 question, but ... I can't solve it.

A teacher has given me a lot of CD's with videos on them that are in asf format.  I used synaptic to install xine but ... 
1) it didn't register the file format with Nautilus, so just clicking on the file won't open the video and 
2) Opening xine and then trying to open the video leads to an error about wmvdmod.dll not being available to playback the video.

Can anyone help me solve this?

Thanks,
Dave Hopkins
Newark Charter School
Newark, Delaware 19713