playing XviD files

[James Takac]

Hi


On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Gary Kirkpatrick <pegngary at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 7:24 PM, POWERS, ZACK <zpowers at umflint.edu> wrote:
>
>> Gary,
>> Are you sure this file is a XviD file not DivX?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com on behalf of Gary
>> Kirkpatrick
>> Sent: Fri 8/1/2008 7:02 PM
>> To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
>> Subject: Re: playing XviD files
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 6:50 PM, POWERS, ZACK <zpowers at umflint.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Gary,
>> > Installing every single gstreamer codec may cause conflicts.
>> However,
>> > you can try downloading the mplayer package? After doing so open a
>> > terminal and type "mplayer <pathtoxvidfile> and paste the contents
>> of
>> > the terminal here if it doesn't play.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com on behalf of Gary
>> > Kirkpatrick
>> > Sent: Fri 8/1/2008 6:47 PM
>> > To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
>> > Subject: Re: playing XviD files
>> >
>> > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 6:40 PM, POWERS, ZACK <zpowers at umflint.edu>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com on behalf of Gary
>> > > Kirkpatrick
>> > > Sent: Fri 8/1/2008 6:27 PM
>> > > To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
>> > > Subject: Re: playing XviD files
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Gary Kirkpatrick
>> > <pegngary at gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >> Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
>> > > >> > Is it possible to play Xvid files in unbuntu?
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > I tried vlc, totem and real player to no avail.
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > Thanks
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> >
>> > > >>     According to Google Xvid is a new mp3 type of file
>> > compression
>> > > >> software. No time to look further but it is open source so the
>> > > codex
>> > > >> should be free and easy to get. You need to install it before
>> VLC
>> > > can
>> > > >> work.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Karl
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> --
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>> > > >>        Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>> > > >>        Linux User
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>> > > >
>> > > > I've tried to find a download without success.  Let me know if
>> you
>> > > find
>> > > > one.  No success using synaptic- there seems to be something
>> there
>> > > but you
>> > > > can't install it, I get an error message when I try.
>> > > >
>> > > > Gary
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >I found xvid.org.  The debian page makes no sense to me, the SUSE
>> > > makes more
>> > > >sense but not sure if download xvid SUSE is the proper thing to
>> do.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hi,
>> > > Media file compressed with the XviD codecs follow the MPEG4
>> > standard.
>> > > They can be played back using the libvxvidcore4 package. However
>> it
>> > is
>> > > better to intall this package with the gstreamer codecs library. I
>> > am
>> > > not exactly sure which gstreamer package contains XviD library as
>> a
>> > > dependency but I think it is the gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg package.
>> > >
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>> > > I have every single g-streamer installed.
>> >
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>> > I have mplayer installed.  I get an error message - "it looks as if
>> your
>> player does not suppport this type of file"  It then gives a url where
>> you
>> can buy a windows product.
>>
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>>
> Yes, I am sure.  Copied from the file name:   HDViD.Eng.XviD
>
> have you tried a search through synaptic package manager using xvid as the
> keyword? Just did that on mine and there are a number of pakages available.
> My guess is you just don't have the codec installed. Either that or the file
> may be corrupted?
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