neddie Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 (edited) I've recently got hold of a video file with the extension .divx.avi (it's a broadcast tv show so my conscience is pretty clear :) ) but I can't play it. Do I need to get some extra codecs or something to be able to read it? I've tried with kaffeine, xine and mplayer, and none of them can open it. I also tried opening it in avidemux to see if I could convert it but no joy there either. The error messages don't mean much except "can't find codec" or "can't find demux" or something. I can play other videos without problems in all players, and can also play dvds. I tried looking in mcc for "codec" and "xine" but nothing obvious came up. Any idea what I should be looking for, or should it already come as standard with the players? Or something else which might help diagnosis, is there a way I can create a divx file from a playable video, to see if I can still play it after conversion? Edited May 8, 2006 by neddie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Do you have the win32-codecs installed? I normally just: urpmi xine-win32 which pulls in the win32-codecs as well, and I've never had a problem playing any divx stuff. You can use acidrip to create movies from DVD's but you have to choose xvid codec listed, but I think the above should solve your problem, unless this is a completely new codec that has been released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 The win32codecs are in the plf reposytory. You have to add this repo before trying to install the codecs. You can use easyurpmi to add it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Ok, thanks, I'll give that a go. But does that mean there's a link between divx and win32 ? :o I was under the impression it was just a jiggering-around of Mpeg ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 The win32-codecs, just has quicktime, mpeg2, 3 and 4 formats, etc, etc, etc, in there that allow you to play these media types. I believe divx falls under mpeg4, and is mostly a Windows app, hence the name of the codecs package. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted May 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Well it looks like it was just a corrupt file, after all that. I downloaded it again and now it works, even without getting the win32 codecs. So maybe you need win32 for some divxs, but not this one. Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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