[TUTORIAL] How to get Clementine media player to play *.wma files

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      I love using Clementine media player on antix: it enables me to select, download & install
      radio podcasts. Among a range of other features, Clementine also allows me to store, sort and listen
      to my entire music collection, made up of a large collection of music CDs, copied to my netbook’s SSD,
      each music track being copied by default in the *.wma file format.

      THE PROBLEM. However, in antixcore-lxde version19, in both 32bit & 64 bit, I found that Clementine
      wouldn’t play *.wma files, and on attempting to play the music files would get the onscreen
      notification that a gstreamer plugin was missing.

      THE SOLUTION. To fix this, for antixcore-lxde (32bit), I found that installation of the following files
      was needed:
      ffmpeg
      gstreamer1.0-alsa:i386
      gstreamer1.0-libav:i386
      gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:i386
      gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386
      gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:i386
      gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:i386
      gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio:i386
      gstreamer1.0-tools
      gstreamer1.0-x:i386

      To check which of the above files you have already installed
      (or missing), run the following in the terminal:
      dpkg --list

      And to install any missing files input the following, listing the names of the missing
      files in place of the three dots:
      sudo apt update && sudo apt install ...

      How did I troubleshoot this? I was able to identify from Linux Lite 3.8
      (an Ubuntu-based distro), which files were missing, as Clementine plays
      *.wma files on this distro out-of-the-box, no additional files
      being needed.

      Hoping this tutorial is useful to anyone experiencing this issue with *.wma
      files on Clementine.

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      ▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
      - (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
      ▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
      - (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
      - (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

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