How to play these files on Debian (Sarge) (WAS:Re: How can I play avi, wmv, mov videos on a standalone DVD player?)

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Robert Glueck wrote:
> I'd like to play video clips in .avi, .wmv and .mov format
> on a standalone DVD player that's hooked up to a standard
> TV set.  

I'd like to play them on Sarge.  Just today I clicked on a .mov file and 
was asked if I wanted to use the default program (gmplayer).  I said 
yes, but after it DL'd the file it complained that it could not find the 
proper codec (I don't remember, now, which codec it was looking for). 
Is there some place to get the proper codecs to make these work.  If so, 
where is it?  If not, why give a default player that can not actually 
play the file?

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Marc Shapiro
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