On Nov 19, 2007 5:44 PM, Jos van Kan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Freemyer schreef: > > All, > > > > I have a 15 year old nephew that is giving Linux a try. Somehow he > > ended up installing an old Fedora 5 setup. He's not real trilled with > > it. > > > > His biggest complaint is no ability to play divx videos. I've never > > tried to do any video stuff via linux. > > > > Can 10.3 play divx videos with the base distro? What about Fedora 8? > > > > Thanks > > Greg > > Make him download mplayer. It can play anything you throw at it including all > windows formats. For suse you'd go to packman. I don't know of there's a > souped > up version for Fedora. But he could go straight to the general headquarters: > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ > > Regards, > -- > Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704
Or install VLC. It's like the Swiss Army knife of media players. Good stuff... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
