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Video in Linux

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/video-in-linux.18127/

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Kalyan Original post #1
Nov 4, 2005 at 11:52 PM
how can i play videos in linux? could i play .dat files also?
is it required to install any new packages? Please inform.
praka123
Nov 5, 2005 at 12:55 AM
:D except Fedora's Totem player almost all distros may play videocds(.dat).
A good Player u can get is mplayer or Xine.
Q
Nov 6, 2005 at 10:02 AM
I too recommend MPlayer.
VLC is also a gr8 player
infra_red_dude
Nov 6, 2005 at 11:23 AM
u need to install the codecs separately for Mplayer. get VLC player, awsome file format support!
vignesh
vignesh #5
Nov 12, 2005 at 8:31 AM
mplayer is also a good video player