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avi is a container. That means that it holds the audio and video in a single file. The video itself could have been encoded with any number of codecs (ie xvid, divx, mpeg4, etc). Probably you don't have the correct codecs installed. Try w32codec
Add packman to your installation sources, then just go to your Software Management and install MPlayer and Mplayer plugin. It resolves all AVI, MPG, WMV, Quicktime,etc formats and integrates w/ Firefox also. It does wonders.
Add packman to your installation sources, then just go to your Software Management and install MPlayer and Mplayer plugin. It resolves all AVI, MPG, WMV, Quicktime,etc formats and integrates w/ Firefox also. It does wonders.
how do i add pacman to installation sources
BTW i got kaffeine and real working thankz for the help
Go to Control Centers/YastModules/Software/Installation Source and add the following path:
Choose http then use "packman-iu.bremen.de" for server and path as "suse/10.0/"
Click Refresh On for all internet sources you have and click Finish.
Then go into Software Management and search for mplayer
Sorry for not being clear.
i just tried this since i've been having the same issue as the thread starter and i couldn't get it to work. It said it was unable to create installation source. I put in "packman-iu.bremen.de" for server name and "suse/10.0/" for directory on server.
edit: it worked when i put a "/" in front of "suse/10.0/"
If refresh is on everytime you go into your packages it will take awhile for it is connecting to the site and updateing your package database. I usualy turn off refresh until I am ready to update the packages.
and yes it can take a long time depending on how fast your internet connection is.
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