.mpg and .avi for Linux?

[mudbone357]

Does anyone know a good player for either of these types of media files? I used to run them with Realplayer in Windoze, but they won't work in SuSE. Any thoughts?

[kuber]

The xmms plugins are nice.

[mudbone357]

not to sound as ignorant as I really am, but what are the xmms plugins? And how do I get them?

[ph34r]

You may want smpeg (gtv) and avifile. They work fine for me.

[manual_overide]

install a program called xmovie. It will play nearly all .mpg files and most .avi files.

[mudbone357]

are there any dependant libraries I need to run xmovie?

[mudbone357]

actually, I just went to get xmovie, and it seems to not want to run. I can't even recognize the rpm because it has a number below 3. Do you know what that's about?

[trueNewbie]

i use mplayer, its a really nice player that supports just about everything. http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/homepage/
I couldn't get any other player working quite as nice as this one.
-later

[trueNewbie]

i got the same error with xmovie too. Let me know if you know what thats about.

[TaeShadow]

I second the recommendation for mplayer.