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Re: [SLE] MPEG4 mvies
  • From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:18:48 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <200511110520.18532.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 10 November 2005 05:27, Joseph Loo wrote:
> I just recently downloaded Leo Laporte video podcast. I would like to
> play it. When I click on it, it states that Xine does not have the
> proper codec.
>
> The movie is suppose to be coded 624 codec, which is my understanding
> mpeg4. I have suse 10.0, amd 64 bit version, xined loaded. Do you know
> what else needs to be loaded? Do I have to run the 32 bit version? If so
> how do I do it?

mpeg4 can be many things. DivX and xvid, for example

The trouble with xine on the 64 bit platform is a pain. As far as I've been
able to determine, you need to have the same bit-ness of the codec as the
xine GUI. In other words, if you're using a 64 bit GUI (xine-ui, kaffeine,
totem etc) then you need the 64 bit codec, and if you have a 32 bit GUI you
need the 32 bit codec

The bit-ness of libxine apparently doesn't matter. I have no idea why


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