On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 09:04 -0500, kynn@panix.com wrote: > Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:22:57 +0100 [snip] > Thanks, that turns out to be the best solution, because, as it > happens, the videos in question are also available in divx format. (I > hadn't realized that divx == avi and that my video playback software > can play these files as well it can play mpg.) divx <> avi avi is a container file, and divx is a video codec. Example of a file where the video is xvid and audio in MP3: $ avitype /data/share/video/family/anaballe-recital-2004-06-18.avi [snip] <AVI reader> : Stream 0 vids : XVID (0x44495658) 27023 chunks (105.56KB) <AVI reader> : Stream 1 auds : MPEG Layer-3 (0x55) 37591 chunks (293.68KB) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Clearly the allies may not like it, and I think that's our great concern - where's the backbone of Russia, where's the backbone of France, where are they in expressing their condemnation of such clearly illegal activity: they're now climbing into a box and they will have enormous difficulty not following up on this if there is not compliance." John Kerry - CNN Crossfire / November 12, 1997 http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0403/S00076.htm
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