Need help with DivX XviD and mpeg etc

[Pasha]

Mostafa Z. Afgani wrote:

> Pasha wrote:
>
>> Coert W wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everybody!
>>>
>>> I use Fedora Core 3, and am quite happy with it.
>>> There are just a few things I noticed.
>>> Firstly, MP3 didnt work. I read why, and I fixed it.
>>>
>>> But, I cant play any divx or xvid or mpeg movies.
>>> Could someone tell me what I need to do to get that working?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Coert
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>> Install any of the video players: mplayer, xine or vlc. They install 
>> automatically (through dependancies) all the needed codec libraries. 
>> You can get them from freshrpms or dag repositories.
>>
> You might also want to grab the 'w32codec' package. It's available at 
> the ATrmps repository.
>
> Best,
> -M
>
You are right. It is not needed to play divx or xvid, but may be useful 
for playing formats that have no linux native codec, like wmv.