[vdr] Re: Playing DivX

[Olaf Mindermann <o.mindermann@fh-wolfenbuettel.de>]

Peer Oliver Schmidt wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a couple of DivX movies I'd like to watch utilizing VDR. 
> Unfortunately, MPlayer always quits with an incompatibility between the 
> output device mpegpes and the divx codec.
> 
> Does anyone successfully watch divx via VDR, and if yes, would you mind 
> posting the packages you installed?

If you use the latest MPlayer, you have to use the switch -vop lavc

A simple test is:
mplayer -vo mpegpes -ao mpegpes -vop lavc avifile

(make sure vdr isn't running during this test)

    (:-)laf