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is there a program to use to be able to use 'divx player' to enjoy online movies etc? I am pc inept & appreciate ANY & ALL assistance. Thank you C.

Asked by havana

Is there a program available to be installed (and how to) to enjoy 'divx player' videos? I am new to ubuntu & am ENJOYING the luxury of all the features but have issue that I am unable to use 'divx player' offered to enjoy videos.
I appreciate ANY & ALL assistance.
Looking forward to your reply.

Cheers C.

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Rajinder Sandhu (sandy744) said : 		#1

Teotem and VLC Players both are good for playing all your video files, provided you have installed the appropriate codecs.
just install vlc player and watch the movies...
type in terminal
sudo apt-get install vlc
it will ask for password type the password and then let it install and then play through VLC Media player

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havana (sweet-havana) said : 		#2

will that work with a site that uses "divx player" ??? I apologize I am completely pc 'stunned' ... BUT I do have someone that does this sort of 'stuff' for me & my pc ....
Would it help to give you the link to the site that I am accustom to using that requires the divx player ?

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Steve Sheldon (stephen-sheldon) said : 		#3

If you load Synaptic (your package manager) and search for 'ububtu-restricted' and install the package found you wiill install most of the codecs needed to play videos.. if that does not do it you may need to add an additional repository (Medibuntu) to your package manager and download some additional codecs from there.
Codecs are like drivers, but they are pieces of software that enable you to watch copyrighted or encoded video and sound files.. it's just a case of downloading the right ones for your player to view the content.. I hope this helps.. if you need more help just ask...

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