Cannot play .avi in Ubuntu 10.10

[banti]

Hi,
I am new to Ubuntu, and I cannot play .avi. I tried installing VLC, it says, there are no dependencies, etc. Please help. Any suggestions, how to start learning Linux, this looks difficult

[rokytnji]

How this guy got around it.

[SOLVED] Media Playing issues in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat | The _khAttAm_ blog

The problem was with libavcodec and libavutil. It can be fixed by removing all of libavutilxx (libavutil50, libavutil49, libavutil-extra-49, libavutil-extra-50) and reinstalling only what is required. This may also remove other packages (vlc for example, if you have it installed that is), so watch out but don’t install them immediately.

Basically what heis saying is go into synaptic package manager and uninstall

libavutilxx (libavutil50, libavutil49, libavutil-extra-49, libavutil-extra-50

which will probably uninstall

vlc for example

But he says

Exit Synaptic. Now, if you want to fix totem, just open media with it. It should ask you for codecs, install them. Totem should start working. Install vlc later.

Hope this helps]

I don;t run Ubuntu 10.10. AntiX is my Buddy mostly You can pick through the posts in this thread also. Don't get discouraged. You might be dealing with DRM avi file maybe also.

[ubuntu] players can't play .avi - Ubuntu Forums

[rokytnji]

how to start learning Linux, this looks difficult

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