can't play avi file

[Claude Jones]

On Wed November 29 2006 1:51 am, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 23:31 -0800, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> >>I'm very disappointed I can't play the videos on my computer. I
> >>was looking forward to watching the videos to learn more about
> >>Haskell. Someone who has watched some of the videos recommends
> >>them highly.
> >
> > I think the prob is to find something that will play back HDV, which I
> > assume is High Def Video... I assume. Googling finds users using
> > Cinelerra from Freshrpms. I'm dnloading it and you might do the same.
> > See if it will accept either the stream or the file for viewing. This is
> > really troublshooting with a shotgun, but I wanted to see if I could
> > make that file go for my own self! Good luck and Good Night. Ric
>
> Ric,
>
> I tried videolan-client (vlc) which I have been told worked for
> this video on MS.
>
> I had not thought of Cinelerra. Thanks for the suggestion. Maybe
> I'll have time to try it on Thursday.
>
> Darlene

Getting Cinelerra to do what you want could be daunting. Finding a build for 
FC3 will be the first challenge, then, finding all the dependencies for that 
build - at the end of that road, I really don't see why it would play given 
all the travails you guys are having. I did try the .avi of the German 
professor starting his lecture - is this the one you're all trying to play? 
Pardon me as I've not been following this whole thread. On my FC6 box with 
the "all-codecs" package from the Hungarian mplayer site, and the mplayer 
packages from FreshRPM's, I had no problem playing it

By the way, is this the same Darlene that was in Balata Camp?

-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA