how can I play an .flv file?

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Claude Jones wrote:

> I have a flash video file with the extension .flv
> Is there a way to play it in Fedora? I have all the codecs for mplayer 
> installed but that didn't work. I tried to drop into Firefox which has flash 
> installed, but it wanted to open it with Totem
> Am I missing the obvious?

I play .flv files in mplayer, xine & vlc on FC6.

Here is the output of rpm -qi for all three:

Name        : mplayer                      Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 1.0                               Vendor: Freshrpms.net
Release     : 0.34.rc1try2.fc6              Build Date: Tue 09 Jan 2007
05:22:36 AM EST
Install Date: Tue 09 Jan 2007 06:25:17 PM EST      Build Host:
python3.freshrpms.net

Name        : xine                         Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 0.99.4                            Vendor: Dries RPM
Repository http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/
Release     : 8.fc6.rf                      Build Date: Wed 20 Dec 2006
03:14:44 PM EST
Install Date: Sun 04 Feb 2007 11:12:21 AM EST      Build Host:
odi.kotnet.ulyssis.org

Name        : vlc                          Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 0.8.6a                            Vendor: Freshrpms.net
Release     : 1.fc6                         Build Date: Mon 08 Jan 2007
02:12:39 PM EST
Install Date: Tue 09 Jan 2007 06:24:53 PM EST      Build Host:
python3.freshrpms.net

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Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Jan 10 19:28:18
EST 2007 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

ciao,
furlan

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