video players

[jimscafe]

Thank you for your reply - plenty to look at.



I checked out the RestrictedFormats page and decided to try EasyUbunut
- but the software said that there was a problem to resolove and it
could not implement the packages. I suspect the problem is related to
this message I get when running python (and other software)



(synaptic:6784): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by Xlib



(synaptic:6784): Gdk-WARNING **: cannot set locale modifiers



I don't know what these are all about - it doesn't stop my python
software development working so I have ignored them. I did try to
follow a thread on them but couldn't really follow it.



Then I did what you suggested, ran file, then vcl and mplayer from the
terminal and this is what I got :-



file henry2.avi

henry2.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 160 x 120, 12.00 fps,
video:





vlc



VLC media player 0.8.4 Janus



(process:6203): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by Xlib



(process:6203): Gdk-WARNING **: cannot set locale modifiers

[00000284] ffmpeg decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video ->
dropping frame (computer too slow ?)

[00000262] main playlist: nothing to play



mplayer



X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166

Major opcode:  144

Minor opcode:  3

Resource id:  0x0

Failed to open device

X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166

Major opcode:  144

Minor opcode:  3

Resource id:  0x0

Failed to open device

Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-paul"

Link points to "/tmp/kde-paul"

X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166

Major opcode:  144

Minor opcode:  3

Resource id:  0x0

Failed to open device

X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166

Major opcode:  144

Minor opcode:  3

Resource id:  0x0

Failed to open device

kbuildsycoca running...

Reusing existing ksycoca

kio (KSycoca): ERROR: No database available!

qstring_to_xtp result code -2

qstring_to_xtp result code -2

qstring_to_xtp result code -2

kmplayer: View 39846131

qstring_to_xtp result code -2

qstring_to_xtp result code -2

qstring_to_xtp result code -2

qstring_to_xtp result code -2

kmplayer: PartBase::openURL file:///home/paul/Horses/henry2.avitrue

qstring_to_xtp result code -2

kxineplayer -wid 39846131 -f
'/home/paul/.kde/share/apps/kmplayer/xine_config' -vo xv -cb
kmplayer-6294/KMPlayerCallback-0 -c

kxineplayer -wid 39846131 -f
'/home/paul/.kde/share/apps/kmplayer/xine_config' -vo xv -cb
kmplayer-6294/KMPlayerCallback-0 -c

kmplayer: up and running kxineplayer-6316

kmplayer: processState Not Running -> Ready

kmplayer: Source::currentMrl document
src:file:///home/paul/Horses/henry2.avi

kmplayer: resolveURL file:///home/paul/Horses/henry2.avi

kmplayer: document Mrl::activate

kmplayer: Source::currentMrl document
src:file:///home/paul/Horses/henry2.avi

kmplayer: CallbackProcess::play file:///home/paul/Horses/henry2.avi

kmplayer: processState Ready -> Buffering

kmplayer: processState Buffering -> Ready

kmplayer: CallbackProcess::quit ()

kmplayer: processState Ready -> Not Running

kmplayer: playingStopped 0x81038e0



Sorry it is so long (kmplayer)



I don't have a slow pc pentium IV 2.6GHZ with 512MB and 128MB graphics
card - so I can't believe it is that.



Would be nice to solve this as I plan to buy a Canon Shureshot S3 and
one of its features is the ability to create movies (in avi format) as
well as take great still pictures - really looking forward to getting
this).


-- 
jimscafe