On Mon, 7 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On 07-Sep-98 Bogdan Taru wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Does anyone know if there is an *.avi player for Linux, and
> > if so, where
> > could I find it???
> >
> > Thanks & Have fun,
> > bogdan
>
> Xanim is the only option I'm aware of for playing .avi files.
> It also handles .mov and .mpg. However, I've found it only
> handles about 1/3 of the .avi's that I have. The rest it just
> gives me an "unrecognized format" message. On others it plays
> the video without sound.
There are some (popular) codecs that xanim doesn't support out of the box,
but you can get them by linking in a binary module (they are a proprietary
format). You should be able to get more info on the website
Frank
> Their home page is:
> http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/
>
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