avi files

[Art Alexion]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Richard Ibbotson
<richard.ibbotson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Peter
>
>> What makes .avi play under Kubuntu Linux HH 8.04?
>> Or do they have to me altered to another extension?
>> I have installed the medibuntu repo in my resources.
>
> Just about anything.  Xine, Gxine, VLC Mediaplayer, Mplayer.  You can
> convert between formats with Kino.  'sudo apt-get install kino' at the
> command line or 'sudo apt-cache search xine-ui'.  Or, 'sudo apt-cache
> show vlc'.  Also, 'sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras'
> might give you a sound driver that is not installed.
>
> See also 'sudo apt-cache search video'

Keep in mind that avi is just a container which can store any of a
number of codecs.  This is why some avi play better than others.


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