Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 11:40:21 +0100 (BST) From: Jonathan Belson <jon@dookie.demon.co.uk> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> Subject: Re: viewing .AVI files? Message-ID: <XFMail.990410114021.jon@dookie.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199904100340.WAA72429@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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On 10-Apr-99 David Kelly 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
Intel are very possessive when it comes to their AVI codecs. AIUI
they let Mark have the necessary files under NDA, but he can only
release the decoder in object format. This is explained in the
documentation.
So, you can either remake the binary with the necessary object file
or try a Linux binary.
C-YA
Jon
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