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VRay
02-11-2001, 02:51 PM
Is there an emulator for linux to play a Microsoft avi file?
bdg1983
02-11-2001, 03:22 PM
You don't need an emulator, there are avi players for linux. Try doing a search for "avifile" on Freshmeat.net
Craig McPherson
02-11-2001, 10:09 PM
Well, it depends on the codec. A lot of AVI files you run into these days are encoded with proprietary codecs, and can't be played on any of the Linux AVI players out there. So cross your fingers...
VRay
02-11-2001, 10:23 PM
Thx guys, I'll give it a try.
pin
02-11-2001, 10:50 PM
http://divx.euro.ru/ - URL for aviplay


aviplay works decently. The only alternative I have found is XMPS and that didn't work for me.
ansivirus
02-11-2001, 11:04 PM
yeah aviplay works wonders haven't found an avi it won't play.. it also plays ASF format too.. :)

-ansivirus
saturn_vk
06-24-2001, 12:05 AM
there is one thing wrong with avifile

it cannot fast forward. it always hangs
bdg1983
06-24-2001, 12:53 AM
Give mplayer (http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/) a try. It does mpeg, many flavors of avi/asf (with good seek support), and DVDs (though it has no ifo parsing right now, so no title/chapter or subtitle support).

It's my favorite player, and it's under active development right now (ie, it's very well supported & maintained, and there should be cool new features coming soon too).