Re: [tlug] AVI player for Linux

[Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>]

"A. Sajjad Zaidi" <sajjad@example.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 03:43:22PM +1000, Jim Breen wrote:
>> > Can anyone suggest a player for Linux that can handle .avi files with
>> > "DIV3" coding.
>> 
>> Try Mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/) or Xine (http://xinehq.de/). Both
>> are quite mature now, though I tend to go with the former in most cases.
>> It is really fast and can make use of a number of different plugins,
>> including those of xanim, realmedia and even quicktime.

Pietro Zuco <pietro@example.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I use xine and it works fine with divx and almost any others avi and mpeg. I 
>> could see some WMV too.

I thought I'd try xine first. It installed fine (rpms from the site in
Brazil) and displayed the AVIs without a hitch.

Many thanks for the advice. Google failed totally to point me at either of
those.

Jim

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