can't play avi file

[David Timms]

Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 06:46:44PM -0800, Darlene Wallach wrote:
>> I know. I prefer to install - and format the partitions. I have a
>> lot to backup before I install so I don't install as often as I
>> should as you can see.
> 
> A suggestion -- next time you install, put /home on its own partition, and
> put all of your data there. Then, next time you reinstall, make sure not to
> format that partition.
> 
>>> 2. Install mplayer from livna.
>> I have mplayer installed. mplayer won't play the avi file either.
> 
> Do you have the right codec installed? See another recent thread on this.
Could you post the result when mplayer is run from command prompt; it is 
usually quite informative.

DaveT.