[NTLUG:Discuss] MPG movies not playing

[Steve Baker]

Chris Cox wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> 
>>
>> Sometimes, I get sound with no video. Sometimes not much of anything. 
>> But I never see any video. Screen's just blank. Tried using Xine and 
>> XMovie (on a Mandrake 9.0 Beta), but no luck. Doesn't seem like it's a 
>> problem of a particular application as opposed to something basic in 
>> my Linux setup. Files open fine in MacOS X or Windows so I know it's 
>> not the file.
>>
>> Sort of a basic function that I can't do. :P Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> I would try something simple like plaympeg (my preferred lightweight 
> player).
> It is possible that the file is not mpeg-2?

I've had best success with mpeg_play which is a part of the Berkeley MPEG tools

    ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/multimedia/utilities

I have no idea why some files won't play with some players.  You might also
try xanim

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