Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 22:48:23 -0500 From: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: viewing .AVI files? Message-ID: <19990409224822.A862@portage.winternet.com> In-Reply-To: <199904100340.WAA72429@nospam.hiwaay.net>; from David Kelly on Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 10:40:29PM -0500 References: <nrahlstr@winternet.com> <199904100340.WAA72429@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> 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}
Darn! Is that the latest xanim?
Nathan
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