Can't find codec for AVI file

[Zach]

might be xvid or Divx.  try searching the marillat repos for these.

Also give VLC a try.  It almost never fails me.

On 2/17/06, Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com> wrote:
> Ubuntu Users,
>
>     I have an AVI file that a friend gave to me. He uses Windows and it
> plays there. However, when I try to open it in any media player on my
> system (Xine, Totem), it says it can't find the codec.
>
>     My friend knows nothing about anything technical, so I can't just
> ask him how it was encoded.
>
>     Is there some way I can probe or test the file to determine what
> codec it is in and what is required to play it? Is there a "codec pack"
> or similar like one gets for Windows that would possibly help the situation?
>
>    Any advice would be much appreciated.
>
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