Ram: Just install all video and audio codecs through Automatix and that should do the job for you.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > just a shirt while back i received a cd full of short and some long > videos - .wmv. .avi , ,mpeg some .mov as well. > > Recently i also upgraded to 7.04 and tried to install many audio and > video codecs and players so as not have any problems when i got home (to > a narrow and incosistent band internet connection) > > So on trying to play some of the avi's i get a few error messages which > are somewhat like this > - proper plugin not found > - correct demux not found > etc etc > > so i check synaptic and run a search for the supposed errant missing > codecs and other assorted files and find some familiar sounding ones not > installed. > > Now my question is how can i know what ALL i need to install to make > sure all the most popular formats run. > > Its not that avi files don't work - some work well and some don't > > so i checked the properties and looked at the encoding format - the ones > that work are mepg based the ones that don't work are DV based !!! > > *** > I tried running the misbehaving .avi file through Kino (video editor) > and well it worked better than any of the media players - good rendering > of colors as well. So does kino know something that the other players don't > > Finally - there was a post on not being able to copy .dat files > (presumably) from a VCD. The solution was to check the file copy limit > (using ulimit) so i tried copying a VCD .dat files and kept getting an > error - it can't be my copy limit as its unlimited. It can't be a cd > error because i copied it through windows and it worked liked a charm. > > Worse Ubuntu apart from refusing to copy refused to even play > (obviously) but after copying it through windows Ubuntu played the same > .dat file like a charm > > So all in all with my video woes the following are my questions / request > > Question 1 what am i missing > > Request 1 Would some kind soul please make a list of all the codecs, lib > files players etc one may require to make sure video works well - > > thanks > ram > > -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
