Re: Can RMVB files be played by mplayer?

[William Xu <william.xwl@gmail.com>]

Philip <mytechmaillist@gmail.com> writes:

> And is there any player that can play rmvb format video files on
> linux?

Yes. After Compiling mplayer, download Real codecs from mplayer's
homepage, extract it and put the contents under /usr/lib/codecs, that's
all.

I find it's better to compile mplayer yourself instead of using
unofficial binaries.

-- 
William

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