Linux is FREE and Open Source.
Even though WMA is not open source it is only format (next to OGG) which supports by a FREE jukebox that has got many features => Windows Media Player 9. WMA can be used FREE as well without its DRM.

I tried XMMS in Linux Mandrake 9.0 to play WMA, but still no luck :(
Does anybody no an app for Linux that could do the job?
Thanks in advance...:)

As far as I know there isn't any. Sorry mate.

You'll just have to convert to OGG or MP3 format.

WMA codec by M$, is hacked and used as DivX Audio in creation of DVDs. The main reason is its great compressibility such as CD Quality in 64kbps :)

I found an app called MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html) which could play WMA9 /WMV9 files. Again it is in RPM file where I still struggle to install :(

The general files are :
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...e10-1.i386.rpm
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...e10-1.i386.rpm
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...e10-1.i386.rpm

But for my Pentium II these are optimized as:
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...e10-1.i686.rpm
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...e10-1.i686.rpm
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...e10-1.i686.rpm

So much embarresed not knowing how to install them though :(
Like in Windows setup.exe files, I simply double clicked them in root account, but nothing seems to be happening :(

I'm no RPM guru and I haven't used that package management system in a long time, but I think all you have to type is rpm -Ivh <package name> (Again the wonderful <TAB> button can autocomplete the file name).

Hope this helps.

[root@localhost root]# cd..
[root@localhost /]# /home/manila
bash: /home/manila: is a directory
[root@localhost /]# cd /home/manila
[root@localhost manila]# cd Documents/Appz/mplayer
[root@localhost mplayer]# dir
mencoder-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm mplayer-gui-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm
mplayer-common-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm
[root@localhost mplayer]# rpm -Ivh mencoder-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm
-Ivh: unknown option
[root@localhost mplayer]# rpm -ivh mencoder-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
mplayer = 0.90pre10 is needed by mencoder-0.90pre10-1
libmp3lame.so.0 is needed by mencoder-0.90pre10-1
libpng.so.2 is needed by mencoder-0.90pre10-1
[root@localhost mplayer]# rpm -ivh mplayer-common-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:mplayer-common ########################################### [100%]
[root@localhost mplayer]# rpm -ivh mencoder-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
mplayer = 0.90pre10 is needed by mencoder-0.90pre10-1
libmp3lame.so.0 is needed by mencoder-0.90pre10-1
libpng.so.2 is needed by mencoder-0.90pre10-1
[root@localhost mplayer]# rpm -ivh mplayer-gui-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
mplayer-skin is needed by mplayer-gui-0.90pre10-1
libpng.so.2 is needed by mplayer-gui-0.90pre10-1
[root@localhost mplayer]#

Where did I go wrong :unsure: :(

I think you forgot to grab the file mplayer-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm. Also try installing LAME and libpng (from the Mandrake CD's. Go to Control Center --> Software Management (or something like that) then search for the packages).

After that I think it should work.

Yeah for sure CraftyC, I have forgot the file mplayer-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm and have used mencoder-0.90pre10-1.i386.rpm instead. Oops :D

(For everyone's benefit:)
The proper sequence to install MPlayer is as follows:
(Note: these files are common to every processor. To find packages which are optimized for the particular processor (in my case - PII), go to the page http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/linux/pkgs/mplayer and scroll down to have a look.)

Download:
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...e10-1.i386.rpm
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...e10-1.i386.rpm
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...e10-1.i386.rpm
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...0-1.noarch.rpm
http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/lin...e10-1.i386.rpm (optional)

Install them like this:
rpm -ivh mplayer-common-<version>.i386.rpm mplayer-<version>.i386.rpm mplayer-font-iso1-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh mplayer-0.90pre10-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh mplayer-gui-0.90pre10-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh mencoder-0.90pre10-1.i386.rpm (optional)

*TESTING*
:)

I tried installing but an error came like this:

[root@localhost mplayer]# rpm -ivh mplayer-common-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm mplayer-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm mplayer-font-iso1-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libpng.so.2 is needed by mplayer-0.90pre10-1
[root@localhost mplayer]#

But I have libpng.so.3 installed in /usr/lib/ :(
And I am running Mandrake Linux 9.0

Try this: -
"ln -s /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2"

It should work now.

[root@localhost root]# ln -s /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2
ln: `/usr/lib/libpng.so.2': File exists
[root@localhost root]# cd appz/mplayer
[root@localhost mplayer]# rpm -ivh mplayer-common-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm mplayer-0.90pre10-1.i686.rpm mplayer-font-iso1-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libpng.so.2 is needed by mplayer-0.90pre10-1
[root@localhost mplayer]#

I feel like to give up :( see the bold colored text. It bloody says libpng.so.2 already exists and f***ing says libpng.so.2 is needed by mplayer-0.90pre10 :wacko:

BTW, I installed Musicmatch Jukebox for Linux with no worries. :D It was a SH file. And it was just like a Setup.exe in Windows. That's kinda thing I love to be in Linux. So that home users could install and run progs under Linux with less pain.

IMPORTANT: I really need this MPlayer working :(

According to your previous post mplayer-common is already installed. To install the mplayer package you could try adding the --nodeps switch. This can be dodgy sometimes, so be careful. The rest should install fine.

If you want a graphical front-end to rpm, you could try kpackage.

Hope this helps.