Windows Media Player 11 + 12, with Wine
I am running Ubuntu 15.04. Recently I bought GTA5, and want to play it. I got the .exe and tried to install it using PlayOnLinux but it said I needed the Windows Media Pack. The answer I received said to change my Wine Config to Windows Vista+, Then I could install WMP (Windows Media Player) 11 + 12, which is what I’d need. The only problem is, wine, even after changing the config to Windows 8, cannot find WMP 11 or 12, only 10. 10 Not being good enough, I’ve hit a dead end. How should I proceed?
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To install WMP11, you’ll need ‘cabextract’ and the WMP11 installer. Also make sure your wine version is set to XP.
sudo apt-get install cabextract
cabextract "/location/to/WMP11/installer.exe" -d $HOME/WMP11 There you go. WMP11 is installed and running.
But according to Wine HQ windows media player is rated as garbage
I might be missing something, but you should be able to install those through winetricks
I can never keep track of exactly which windows components are most common, so I’ve bookmarked this page. How to install and configure Wine?
You should set the Wine Configuration to WindowsXP and manually download Windows Media Player 11 from the MS website. You can then use Playonlinux to install Windows Media Player 11 first and then Install the Game you want. Just keep the Prefix at Windows XP and not change to Windows 7 or 8. See what results get and let me know. I have been maintaining a couple of games on Wine HQ for a while now and I think this way you can . Here is the link to download WMP. microsoft.com/en-in/download/windows-media-player-details.aspx
I tried this solution after posting and I could not get Windows Media Player 11 working. Windows Media Player 11 is available for Download free of charge, However the first thing it will want to do is to Validate you Windows License, If it can’t do that it will not install. So Technically you can download Windows Media player 11 from MS site but you can’t install it under wine no matter what you do .
if you set wine prefix Version to anything higher than Windows XP, the Windows Media Player 11 installation fails with different error, which tells me that it is kind of trying to update the existing install of the Prefix and can’t find any updates.. Anyhow, I don’t think you can get windows media player 11 under wine. Let me know if this helps.
How to install Windows Media Player?
I need windows media player for a windows app. However they require a windows verification ID for downloading for their web site. I can’t get the current installation package. Is there another location that I can download it from? I am using the most up to date wine which in it’s wine tricks it doesn’t have WMP9 in it.
One app. in order to run in WINE requires it and I can’t get a translation. I need the app. It is called overdrive media console. I might be able to live without it, but what a life that would be.
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I agree with a lot of other people that you can play a lot of formats without Windows Media Player but if you still want it, you can always try downloading PlayOnLinux
This application isn’t just for games but also for media, internet and many other applications that run on Windows that you would like to use on Linux. When you want to download it, go here, select Ubuntu and follow the instructions on how to place the repo onto your computer. The installation of PlayOnLinux did take some time so be sure you can leave your computer on for a long period of time.
Once the installation is complete, you will be be able to see PlayOnLinux in the «Games» category. When you execute the application, you will be asked some additional questions to complete the setup of PlayOnLinux. Once complete, you will be able to add Windows Media Player from the INSTALL button. I attached a screenshot to this post to see what the final result should be.
How to Install Windows Media Player 11 on Wine
But I am having problems with step 2 (Download Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP (link in Resources) and save it to Ubuntu’s desktop). I’m just not finding a way to do it.
I may be overlooking the (link in Resources) Can’t find it.
Just out of interest what did you need thats in windows media player that’s not supported by one of the many full featured native media players available for ubuntu?
How did you manage to skip the Genuine Advantage check WMP11 has in the beginning. Using PlayOnLinux or Wine (Or even trying to do it in VirtualBox) throws me a «What the hell man, you got some illegal $!@# here».
By the way, I got around DRM by burning the offending WMV files to a CD, and then ripping them using Asunder. I don’t recall the details of the process, but it worked extremely well, and now I can play everything in Ubuntu without any problems at all.
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This is a Half-Answer. I say half since you will not be able to visualize the theme of WMP11 but you will be able to play music and videos (Videos in this case only in fullcreen). If this is something you think solves the problem then accept, if not (Most likely will not since it is a weird way of installing it) then feel free to comment on it.
(Tested on my PC a laptop and in a last sorry excuse for PC just to make sure the procedure can repeat itself)
Steps to install Windows Media Player:
- Have Wine 1.3.33+
- Have winecfg opened all the time since you will be using it a lot.
- Configure winecfg in the video tab to a virtual window. In my case I set this at 1024×768.
- Configure winecfg to use Windows 2003
- No need to configure any libraries
- Pray to the Flying Spaghetti Monster and let yourself be touched by his noodly appendage
After all that is made (I also have PlayOnLinux installed. I mention it just in case POL installed something in Wine and I did not notice or didn’t tell me about it ^^) we can proceed with WMP11:
- Download the WMP11 version for Windows XP (I only tested this one. It is about 25MB)
- Having winecfg already opened and configure to emulate a virtual desktop of at least 1024×768 (So to not use fullscreen) open a terminal in Ubuntu (Outside wine) and go where the WMP11 executable is.
- Run wine wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe where the downloaded installer is. At this point winecfg should be configure in Windows 2003 mode. You will get the welcome screen, click on validate and wait for it. In Windows 2003 mode it will skip validation and go to the EULA. DO NOT ACCEPT THE EULA YET!.
- Go to the winecfg window (which both should be sharing, winecfg and WMP11) and change the system from Windows 2003 to XP. Save it but don’t close winecfg yet.
- Continue with the installation of WMP11.
- You have a chance of finishing the installation with no problem, but if it hangs (Which probably will) in 25%, 50%, 75% do not worry. Just go to the terminal that you used wine to execute wmp11 and press CTRL + C . After that, just in case type wineserver -k to kill any remaining wine related processes.
- Repeat steps 3 through 5 until the installation finishes completely remembering that to start WMP11 you need to have winecfg configured to Windows 2003 and after the validation, change it back to Windows XP to continue the installation.
- Assuming you got to the end of the installation it will ALWAYS say «You have failed!. The installation went wrong and did not survive. Kitties will die». Do not worry about the «did not complete part» at the end of the installation. It actually finished. At least looking from a functionality perspective.
- Go to the WMP11 folder inside the wine directory where the installer «installed» the WMP folder. Setup winecfg for Windows XP and run wmplayer.exe (You can run it from Nautilus). In my case it is in /home/cyrex/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Windows Media Player . Remember to not close winecfg since we are not done yet with it.
- WMP11 will open but it will be horrible as seen here:
Press Enter 4 or 5 times to accept something that you can not see. I do not remember how many. Just do 5 and that should be enough. - Again, close WMP11. run wineserver -k just to make sure.
- Change winecfg from Windows XP to Windows 7.
- Open wmplayer.exe again. This time you should see a little bit more stuff like here:
- And one last time, close WMP11. run wineserver -k and change winecfg from Windows 7 to FINALLY Windows XP where it will remain. NOW you can close winecfg.
Press Enter 4 or 5 times to accept something that you can not see. I do not remember how many. Just do 5 and that should be enough.
That is all. The option to run WMP11 can be found in the Open With option when right clicking in Nautilus, as seen here:
You can hear music, add mp3 lists and hear all songs from the list as shown here:
Lastly you CAN see a movie but you need to make it fullscreen to see it. Just press ALT + ENTER for fullscreen. The menu below while fullscreen will not work, instead just right click the video and the context menu should help. As shown here: