<div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 6:42 PM, POWERS, ZACK <<a href="mailto:zpowers@umflint.edu">zpowers@umflint.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d"> -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a> on behalf of POWERS, ZACK Sent: Fri 8/1/2008 6:40 PM To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions </div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Subject: RE: playing XviD files -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a> 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 <<a href="mailto:pegngary@gmail.com">pegngary@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Karl Larsen <<a href="mailto:k5di@zianet.com">k5di@zianet.com</a>> 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 F. Larsen, AKA K5DI >> Linux User >> #450462 <a href="http://counter.li.org" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org</a>. >> PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7 >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-users mailing list >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> >> > > 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 <a href="http://xvid.org" target="_blank">xvid.org</a>. 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. </div></div>I'm sorry but the actual package is the gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse package. I apologize for the confusion. Be aware depending on you local laws, installing this package may be illegal. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>I have installed also. The file I am trying to play ends gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-<div id=":dt" class="ArwC7c ckChnd">multiverse Gary </div></div>