Problem with xine playing AVI files

[Paul Smith]

On 4/25/07, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > When playing an AVI file with xine, I get the following problem:
> > >
> > > xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
> > > failed to read 8 bytes at pos 732637184
> > > xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
> > > video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'
> > >
> > > However, I do have installed the following packages:
> > >
> > > Installed Packages
> > > xine.i386                                0.99.4-10.lvn6         installed
> > > xine-lib.i386                            1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > > xine-lib-extras.i386                     1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > > xine-lib-extras-nonfree.i386             1.1.6-1.lvn6           installed
> > > xvidcore-1.1.2-2.lvn6
> >
> > For a different decoder's point of view, try mplayer and post its
> > analysis of the file back here.
>
> Thanks, Dave. Mplayer plays fine my AVI file. Further information:
>
> $ file myvideo.avi
> myvideo.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 544 x 416, 29.97 fps,
> video: XviD, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)
> $

I have meanwhile reported this problem in Livna Bugzilla:

http://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1489

Paul