Try using mtvp instead of xanim. I've not seen a single video that played
correctly in xanim.
http://www.mpegtv.com/download.html
Get the rpms (xforms,SDL, and mtv), install them, and you can run mtv,
which is commercial and will cut sound after 30 seconds of playing, or you
can use mtvp. mtvp has no pretty interface or anything, but it works -
far better than xanim.
-Matt Stegman
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Stephen F. Bosch wrote:
> I am having problems playing certain MPEG videos properly. I'm using
> xanim 28010-11mdk and aKtion as the front-end.
>
> These particular MPEGs will play, but not usefully. There is no sound,
> visual garbage cluttering up the image, and butchered frames. This seems
> to be the case with all mpegs I've tried to play, so I don't think the
> files are corrupted. The MPEGs play just fine in Windows.
>
> When I check the properties, it tells me the file is "0.00 frames/sec".
>
> I've looked at the documentation for xanim, and as far as I can tell, it
> supports all of the most common mpeg video formats - and it *does*
> attempt to play the file, even if it doesn't succeed.
>
> Are these files just using a proprietary format disguised as MPEG? Are
> they MPEG 4, perhaps? All of my MPEGs do this.
