Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 22:40:29 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: viewing .AVI files? Message-ID: <199904100340.WAA72429@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> of "Fri, 09 Apr 1999 21:04:07 CDT." <19990409210407.A4333@winternet.com>
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Nathan Ahlstrom writes:
> David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> wrote:
> > Somebody sent me an .AVI file. First search thru /usr/ports failed to
> > locate something to view it.
> >
> > % cd /usr/ports
> > % find . -name DESC -exec grep -il avi "{}" \;
> >
> > This found too many things, incorrectly:
> > % make search key=avi
> >
> > Any way to view such a file on FreeBSD?
>
> You might try Xanim. /usr/ports/graphics/xanim.
Well, it was worth a try:
nospam: {1139} xanim *.avi &
[4] 72396
nospam: {1140} XAnim Rev 2.80.0 by Mark Podlipec Copyright (C) 1991-1999. All Rights Reserved
AVI Video Codec: Intel Indeo R3.2 is unsupported by this executable.(E18)
Please see the file "indeo.readme".
AVI Notice: No supported Video frames - treating as audio only file
[4] Done xanim *.avi
nospam: {1140}
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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
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