can't play avi file
Matthew Miller
mattdm at mattdm.org
Fri Nov 24 02:58:31 UTC 2006
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 06:46:44PM -0800, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> I know. I prefer to install - and format the partitions. I have a
> lot to backup before I install so I don't install as often as I
> should as you can see.
A suggestion -- next time you install, put /home on its own partition, and
put all of your data there. Then, next time you reinstall, make sure not to
format that partition.
> >2. Install mplayer from livna.
> I have mplayer installed. mplayer won't play the avi file either.
Do you have the right codec installed? See another recent thread on this.
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