http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25368
Summary: Age of Empires 3: mp3's don't play in gstreamer if a native codec is installed Product: Wine Version: 1.3.8 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: minor Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: austinenglish@gmail.com
This is a bit weird, but the game installs its own codec, l3codecx.ax. If you install the trial in wine-1.3.8-89-gfa12dd9, then apply the patch from bug 8978, mp3's (background music, narrator's voice work fine. Using the same technique in the full version, however, fails.
If you do: $ wine regsvr32 /u l3codecx.ax $ wine age3.exe
the game will complain that it can't find its codec, but then mp3's play fine.
It seems the trial doesn't install that codec, only the full version does. For giggles, I tried doing `winetricks -q l3codecx` with the trial installed, but mp3s still work for it.