DivX is not the same as the now defunct Circuit City DVD competitor wannabe Divx. DivX (also called DivX:), I believe it is) is a form of video compression. So no, you can not play your Circuit City Divx disc on Linux (or anywhere else for that matter). At least you have a nice Abyss coaster. ;)
Vince On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 15:44, Miark wrote: > Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith: > > > By "old Divx movies.." you are referring to DivX 3.x ? > > I have _The_Abyss_ here. I dunno what version of Divx it is. This is the > rental deal, mind you. Maybe that goes without saying. > > > Yeah sure... afaik > > all players for linux that support DivX can play it well. I personally use > > MPlayer, which supports something like 50 different formats, including all > > versions of DivX (even the latest 5.something), asf, mpg and so on. > > It also has about 50 dependencies. I thought Xine was a pain in the ass. > MPlayer is the pain-in-the-ass king of installations. > > > There > > is a lot of documentation on their site and in the tarballs about how it > > works, so I won't waiste my time writing pages of repeated text ;-) > > What other players will read a divx movie rental? > > Miark > > > > On Fri, 31 May 2002, Miark wrote: > > > > > I've been to many sites trying to figure out if these > > > old Divx movies can be played in Linux, but I can't > > > seem to find a straight answer. > > > > > > Can they, or can't they? If so, how? > > > > > > Miark > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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