unable to play media

[imfromwales]

i have had a search on here and cant sort my problems out

i cant play .avi files (although i can hear the sound from them)
nor can i play any video in firefox such as .avi

[Dies]

What is it that you have done so far?

If you followed one of the many howto's available then which one was it?

[Dan]

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=171660

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...ad.php?t=53362

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...ad.php?t=53362

[imfromwales]

i hadnt found them. il heck them out now, thanks

[Dies]

Also try clicking on the Fedora FAQ link at the top of the page.

[Dan]

Searching the forums is not terribly difficult. Up at the top of this page, there are two tool bars. The first, marked by the yellow word, "Sections," will contain the words, "Fedora FAQ." That's the best place to start.

After taking in the resources available there, and then coming back here to the forum, the tool bar immediately below the first contains a link named, "search." That's the one you want to search the forums locally. From the little box that drops down, select, "Advanced Search." That will open a very powerful search criteria selection page. You need to be a bit specific and creative here, and persistance is your friend. In this case, "play .avi files" turned up several pages of good links.


Dan

[bob]

My preference for searching is Google with the FedoraForum.org search option. It searches the Forum but has the abilities of Google to narrow it down a lot more. http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.h...mitform=Search

[forkbomb]

Originally Posted by bob

My preference for searching is Google with the FedoraForum.org search option. It searches the Forum but has the abilities of Google to narrow it down a lot more. http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.h...mitform=Search

I also prefer searching with google rather than boards' own search functions. 1) a lot of forums have captchas for searching (!!) and 2) Google is faster and often better at finding relevant stuff. I usually put this into Google:

site:fedoraforum.org play .avi

The "site:" operator will restrict the domain searched and will work for any domain. It'll do the same thing as bob's suggestion, but knowing that operator is a great general trick.