Viewing DivX and XviD

[is-serp]

Hi,

I would like to view DivX and Xvid videos on my Linux box. Some of the movies have subtitles and/or audio encoded using AC3. Can anyone suggest a movie player or plugin that can be used to view these formats. I am using Fedora Core 3.

Thanks
is-serp

[e2k]

I can truly recommend mplayer. It plays almost everything you can possibly find, and supports subtitles. No need for codec searches anymore

[lordnothing]

MPlayer
Xine
Elation
KMPlayer
KPlayer
VLC

[Stormblazer]

Yes, MPlayer is amazing. The subtitles look really good, and it's really fast. It supports every format I've ever seen, has loads of useful options that can be easily changed from the keyboard (brightness, contrast, speed, language, hue, saturation, volume, etc.).

If you're interested, I have a script for changing the subtitle font/size.

[is-serp]

Thanks for the replies.

Yes, MPlayer is amazing. The subtitles look really good, and it's really fast. It supports every format I've ever seen, has loads of useful options that can be easily changed from the keyboard (brightness, contrast, speed, language, hue, saturation, volume, etc.).

If you're interested, I have a script for changing the subtitle font/size.

I would appreciate it if you could send me the script, either over msn messenger or by email on josefeg@euroweb.net.mt. Thanks

[MikePB]

Just out of curiosity (from a newb)

how many of you use the GUI, and do you use mplayer for audio as well?

[Stormblazer]

I almost never use the GUI, I just made some mini-scripts (one line each) to run mplayer with my desired options for each file type and put them in /usr/local/bin and made them executable.
Then I set gnome to open the individual file-types with those scripts so it runs stuff from nautilus with my settings.

As for audio, I always use XMMS.

[MikePB]

mmkay... I'm still having a bit of trouble adding codecs to XMMS... That and trying to install Crossover office to I can load iTunes...


Times like this I wish I'd just stuck to MP3s and OGG :P

[Stormblazer]

For XMMS, you just need to install the audio libs- like ogg, lame (for mp3), flac, etc.

[jens]

For XMMS, you just need to install the audio libs- like ogg, lame (for mp3), flac, etc.

If you don't stick with the RPMs, be sure to exclude it from any updates(Apt, Yum, Up2date).
Even than, some apps will still need xmms-mp3 and not lame to solve its dependencies.