AVI 's in Totem

[Norm]

John Wendel wrote:
> Norm wrote:
>> I have run across a bit of a problem with Totem and running some 
>> avi's.  Some run properly with no problem. Others give the following 
>> error
>> "Totem could not play 'file:///file name'.
>> You do not have a decoder installed to handle this file.  You might 
>> need to install the necessary plugins."
>> As others can run this file  I assume the file itself is okay.
>>
>>
> Install mplayer. Run it from the command line, "mplayer file.avi", it 
> will tell you what codec you need to install.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
Thanks John
using mplayer I was able to view the video.