HELP. avi files played on linux
 

Please can anyone help me
step by step on how to play avi files on
on my aspire one linux system
or a suitable converter
many thanks

vauxy, which linux are you running? Ubuntu, Linpus...? You may require to install some codecs.

You can try any of the following:
1. Install VLC media player which automatically gets all required codecs. Probably easiest.
2. Install 'xine-lib'
3. Install -bad and -ugly plugins for gstreamer.
4. If you are on Ubuntu linux, install 'ubuntu-restricted-extra'

which linux you are using ?? use mplayer !!

Hi,

You do not mention which distribution (RedHat, Suse, Fedora openSolaris, etc) you are using, so I can only generally point to the following:

Check to see if mplayer, vlc or xine are present/installed. All should be able to play avi (among others) files.

Hope this helps get you going.

install libxine1, w32codec-all, libdvdcss,libvdpau1, k3b-codecs, and mplayerplug-in

m player is present,i tried to download vlc,but came up with error 404
so will have to think of another way
anu more ideas you may have
thank you

hi vauxy,

if you have already Mplayer and not able play *avi means, there are no suitable codecs installed. So install these codecs libxine1, w32codec-all, libdvdcss,libvdpau1, k3b-codecs, and mplayerplug-in.
First of all tell about your distribution ...

what distro are you using