Still cant play avi in Ubuntu

kittysacattack · 04-23-2008, 08:32 AM

I have tried to make vlc and mplayer work, but cannot. In addition to the players, does anyone know what codecs, or settings I may have to have. Each player does the same thing, i get vertical lines, scrambled, but the audio works fine.

_simon_ · 04-23-2008, 09:30 AM

You'll probably find the solution already covered here: http://ubuntuforums.org/

**The_Other_One** · 04-23-2008, 07:30 PM

I think K-Lite has a utility included that tells you what codec various AVIs use. You could probably download that (assuming you still have Windows on a machine

) and find what codec the video is using. It's then a matter of finding the codec for Linux, if it's even supported.

imsati · 04-23-2008, 07:50 PM

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

Bookmark it - it's a gold mine of info for everything-media within Ubuntu.

Edit: The best way to cover everything is to find your Version on the above-linked page and follow the basic steps for enabling all the Repositories. After that, scroll down to the bottom and select the specific areas (audio, DVD, etc.) via the links. Make sure you add the Mediabuntu Repo's, too - I think the link for it is somewhere on the DVD page.

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kittysacattack Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 140	Still cant play avi in Ubuntu I have tried to make vlc and mplayer work, but cannot. In addition to the players, does anyone know what codecs, or settings I may have to have. Each player does the same thing, i get vertical lines, scrambled, but the audio works fine.

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imsati Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: EHT, NJ Posts: 2,006	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats Bookmark it - it's a gold mine of info for everything-media within Ubuntu. Edit: The best way to cover everything is to find your Version on the above-linked page and follow the basic steps for enabling all the Repositories. After that, scroll down to the bottom and select the specific areas (audio, DVD, etc.) via the links. Make sure you add the Mediabuntu Repo's, too - I think the link for it is somewhere on the DVD page. __________________ --Jay Gigabyte P31-DS3L \| E4500 \| Masscool HSF paired with AS-5 80 GB SATA2 x 2 \| e-GeForce 7100 GS \| CM Elite 330 (gorgeous!) Triple Boot: Ubuntu 7.10/XP Home/Kubuntu 7.10 Also, I can kill you with my brain. The Great Forum Challenge Last edited by imsati; 04-23-2008 at 07:54 PM.

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