Ross Younger wrote:

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Alas, I can't open Windows media files either ;-) Ah, such is life...

Get xine. Compile it with libdvdcss and install the Win32 codecs package
that is mentioned in the docs. WMV's, DVD movies, even Quicktime are all
available under Linux.

Here's where to start:
http://xinehq.de/index.php/home

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