[vdr] Re: MPlayer and Codecs

["JAF" <jaf@jaf.homeip.net>]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 23:44:26 +0100
 Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net> wrote:
> Detected video codec: [divx] drv:2 (DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4
> v3))
> Support for win32 codecs disabled, or unavailable on
> non-x86 platforms!
> FATAL: Couldn't initialize video codec :(
> *** free_stream() called ***

I think you've installed libavcodec (from ffmpeg).
so you must add the parameter "-vc ffdivx" for divx3 or "-vc
ffodivx" for divx4 ....

mfg Johannes