Problem with xine playing AVI files

[David Timms]

Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> When playing an AVI file with xine, I get the following problem:
> 
> xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
> failed to read 8 bytes at pos 732637184
> xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
> video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'
> 
> However, I do have installed the following packages:
> 
> Installed Packages
> xine.i386                                0.99.4-10.lvn6         installed
> xine-lib.i386                            1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> xine-lib-extras.i386                     1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> xine-lib-extras-nonfree.i386             1.1.6-1.lvn6           installed
> xvidcore-1.1.2-2.lvn6
For a different decoder's point of view, try mplayer and post its 
analysis of the file back here.

DaveT.