Warning when playing wmf-files
oldman
talbotscott at cox.net
Fri Aug 26 00:34:51 UTC 2005
Marcus Zingmark wrote:
> I'm getting this frustrating warning while starting wmf-movies from
> Gnome telling me that the file actually is an ASF-video file and it
> can't be opened since this could be a security risk for my system.
>
> This is a message I get often since i handle movies and such from now
> til then so I wonder if it's something I can do to turn of this warning?
>
> Please don't tell me I can start the program I use (vlc by the way if
> that should matter), and open files from there - that I already know.
> I want to get rid of that stupid message ;)
Sounds like you possibly need a new codec. Has it always worked
this way? Are you accessing the file from VLC or clicking an icon? You
should try right-clicking the file, and check the properties to find out
if VLC is the default player.
Scott
>
> /// Marcus
>
> P.s. My quotation of the message might be a bit far of beacuse my
> message comes in swedish and I didn't feel like spending much time
> translating it. But for those that are fimiliar with this message I
> think you know what I mean ;)
>
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