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Old 04-23-2008, 03:34 PM   #16 (permalink)
patrickv
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Originally Posted by tlarkin View Post
what type of avi file is this? I play avi files all the time just fine in VLC with no needed codec.

Are you trying to play some kind of weird DRM avi from like WMP or something?
thats because you are probably running on a Mac.
i recall such when running ubuntu, but Vlc is pretty lame on linux if you ask me, Mplayer is the way to go
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