playing avi files

Forum: Multimedia
Topic: playing avi files
started by: intecture

Posted by intecture on June 23 2005,02:53

is there any codec i can use to play avi files on linux? i have this avi file using ms-cram codec and i want it to be played on my linux. pls help.

thx in advanced.

Posted by tempestuous on June 23 2005,04:43

MS-CRAM is alternatively known as Microsoft Video1.

The FFmpeg libavcodec supports old Windows 32 codecs like this, so MPlayer will certainly play it without any additional codec plugins (and maybe Xine will too?).

MPlayer and Xine can be downloaded from the mydsl, multimedia section.

Modern MS codecs (like Windows Media9) can also be played in MPlayer, but require the "essential" or "win32" codec pack from -
www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/