On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:56:29 +0100 John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 June 2002 06:13, you wrote: > > > > > I found a small DivX trailer file to download and got it to work > > > with the linux DivX movie player. It would not work with Mplayer > > > for some reason. The name of the file that I downloaded was: > > > Contact.zip which when unzipped (linux extract prog)became two > > > files Contact_movie.avi > > > divx.log > > > So far, I cannot find any sites to download full length > > > movies,seems like this field needs a audiogalaxy type setup. > > > > Let me guess: You didn't intall the DivX codecs first, or download > > libavcodec to add the the tarball of Mplayer (CVS versions)? > > Otherwise it should have worked I guess.. in fact I know. Actually > > I have never seen a player that supports so many different file > > formats. DivX was just one of the main ones, and trust me... it > > DOES work great ;-) > > Ralph > > You are absolutely correct, I simply applied LM8.2's own Mplayer > version which came with the distro which is Mplayer v 0.50-3asp . Now > this is no good you are saying? > If so which particular version would be better and does it have to be > tar ball versions, are there no rpm 's that are just as good ? > > Also, thank you all for your replies , there is certainly something > to follow up here. thanks. > > John OOooh yeah i remember Mandrake's Mplayer. yuck. it even doesn't look like the real Mplayer. well, you gan get the tarball for Mplayer at www.mplayerhq.hu dowload it and if you like a GUI remember to configure it with the --enable-gui switch. you can get an RPM in Penguin Liberation Front http://plf.zarb.org/ search for it there, you'll find it. However, i've notice a little performance decrease when i use the RPM version. compiling the source in your own machine gives the program better speed. HTH Damian
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