w32codecs

baza baza at themauvezone.fsnet.co.uk
Mon Apr 18 18:27:05 UTC 2005


Simon Taplin wrote:

> My Hoary box with the w32codecs installed can't seem to play .mpeg or 
> .avi files through xine where my Warty box could. Error message is 
> /home/simont/file.avi use an unsupported codec: Audio Codec: MPEG 
> layer 2/3 (0x55)
>
> Simon

Try this hack...


> I got the codecs from that link:
>
>   http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html
>
> Look for "Codecs" on that pages
> and in that part for "essential packages" for linux.
> Download them and put the content of the package to
>   /usr/lib/win32
>
> Then, I configured kaffeine:
>
> Go to "settings" > "xine Engine Parameters" > "decoder"
>
> and enter manually the path to the codecs:
>
>   /usr/lib/win32






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