Warning when playing wmf-files

Marcus Zingmark blackline at bodymodification.se
Fri Aug 26 17:48:39 UTC 2005


oldman skrev:

> 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 ;)
>>
>
This is not a vlc related problem, I got this from double clicking from 
Gnome, whatever program I use (xine, mplayer, vlc, etc). I have heard 
that this is a Gnome-warning but don't know how to dissable it.




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