Problem with some AVI files and codecs

[genesus]

Does anyone know how I could remedy this problem?

When I try to play an avi in mplayer, only a certain one, I get an error:

Cannot find codec for audio format 0x56444152.

I've tried installing every possible codec I can think of, all to no avail

[bigtomrodney]

Does Xine handle it at all? Is it possibly a corrupt file?

[genesus]

Xine won't handle it, says that it cannot load the file, just tried it at work, and it works on windows.

I can probably just find a different version of the file, everything else is playing correctly now after my codec fest, just this one.

[antidrugue]

In which format is the audio track of this avi ?

file themovie.avi

Are you using the latest MPlayer codecs package ?
http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...061022.tar.bz2

On Etch, the one from Marillat's repository (w32codecs) should be up-to-date anyway.

[genesus]

hmm, the file command returns "data"

*scratches head*

adding that repository to update mplayer codecs