I downladed Divx 4 linux, and Im running red hat 8, but when i run configure.sh as root, it doesnt do anything, just goes to a prompt again. i typed divx, Divx, DivX, but no luck. Ist there something I am missing?

Thanks,
Digsby

Won't you need to run:
make
make install

Check the install instructions first - usually a file named "INSTALL" in the directory you exctracted to.

Edited: like acid_kewpie said "make" not "male" (I don't want anyone thinking I'm sexist )

make install even

but you don't really need that package at all anyway. if you use a deceny player like http://mplayerhq.hu then it's all built in.

Im sorry it is install.sh that I ran, and it doesnt do anything.

ANd it seems that I am installing the codec only for linux. Version 5.0.1. now do I need to download a player as well to go with this, because the player version for windows is like 2.1. But I cannot locat a player for linux anywhere.

Thanks,
Digsby

erm.. i .. just ... told ... you...

ok I installed mplayer and I have a 2 questions.
1. Is there a GUI for it?
2. i can play the movie in the prompt, but all it plays is audia, there is no video screen.

Thanks,
Digsby

1. try reading their homepage
2. paste the full output of mplayer here. also try different outputs, -vo xv, -vo x11, -vo sdl etc...

Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory
Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config
Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf
font: can't open file: /root/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config

Playing /home/shunpo/personal.avi
AVI file format detected.
VIDEO: [DIVX] 320x240 24bpp 29.97 fps 500.6 kbps (61.1 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Subject: Very Personal Injury - Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law episode 02
Copyright: Encoded by binarydreams 04/01/2002
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 12000->176400 (96.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
fbdev: Can't open /dev/fb0: No such device
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
Starting playback...
looks like this file was encoded with (divx4/(old)xvid/opendivx) -> forcing low_delay flag
VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.

Does it matter where I install the software. right now it is in /downladed/MPlayer.

Thanks for the help,
Digsby

fbdev: Can't open /dev/fb0: No such device

use a decent video output like i said. if you compiled it from course you'll need to install the X devel libraries. but then you've provied no info about this...

Im not sure what X devel is, this is my first time installing linux. I tried all the -vo outputs, but none were sucessful. It echos alot about not being able to find certain fdirectories, and I am wondering where would be the best place to isntall this software?

Thanks,
Digsby

i don't think you have installed it to that directory at all. what distro are you on? what file have you installed? you need to provide a lot more information, we'e not psychic

red hat 8.0
installed mplayer v .90 to /downloaded/MPLAYER
I have an ATI rage 128, and I am running all this in gnome

where you downloaded it to is not where you installed it to.. rpm yes? installhttp://fr2.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/redhat/8.0/i386/XFree86-devel-4.2.0-72.i386.html or the equivalent from your distro cd's IF you are compiling mplayer from source, which you still haven't said about