Problem with xine playing AVI files

[Paul Smith]

On 4/25/07, michiel <m.karsch at gmail.com> wrote:
> > When playing an AVI file with xine, I get the following problem:
> >
> > xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
> > failed to read 8 bytes at pos 732637184
> > xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
> > video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'
> >
> > However, I do have installed the following packages:
> >
> > Installed Packages
> > xine.i386                                0.99.4-10.lvn6         installed
> > xine-lib.i386                            1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > xine-lib-extras.i386                     1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > xine-lib-extras-nonfree.i386             1.1.6-1.lvn6           installed
> > xvidcore-1.1.2-2.lvn6
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> Same over here with the latest vlc from livna. Looks like freshrpms & livna have probs. I was used to vlc playing nearly
> everything I throw at it.

I removed as many packages as I could from Livna. Afterwards, I
deactivated the Livna repository and replaced the removed Livna
packages with Freshrpms ones. Now everything seems to be working fine.
>From my experience, Livna has problems much more frequently than
Freshrpms.

Paul