playing XviD files

[Karl Larsen]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Karl Larsen 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
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Karl, Xvid is /not/ a new mp3 type of compression, it's a video codec 
> that is (maybe) reverse engineered from DIVX.  (Xvid is DVIX backwards 
> for the ones not paying attention.  It's a pretty common codec and can 
> be played with virtually any media player with th right codecs 
> installed.  I don't know where you picked that up on google, but as my 
> mother always said 'don't believe everything you read.'
>
> I don't know what Ubuntu package has the XVID codec so I can't help you 
> there, but I view Xvid media in KDE all the time with Kmplayer.
>
>
>
>   
    Well Xvid sounds like X video but Divx is scarry

Karl


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