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Old 04-17-2006, 02:52 AM   #1
veera1904
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playing video files


Hi,

I have installed red hat linux.but i can't play any video files.I can't able to open the Totem movie player and the Helix player..so what should i do to play the video files...??
 
Old 04-17-2006, 04:57 AM   #2
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veera1904, i have moved your post into it's own thread.

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Old 04-17-2006, 08:40 AM   #3
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You need to get all the proper codecs in order to get video working. I would suggest just getting MPlayer though. It works great and has a complete codec package you install with it. If you don't want to use the program, at least go to their website and download the codec package.

http://http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html

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