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playing a downloaded movie problem

Asked by mrlopes

Hi...
I.m using Ubuntu 7.10.

I used limewire to download a film.

When i open it in movie player it says " It seem like your media player is not compatible with this media file. Please get an uo to date media player to what this media file "

It also says " You should visit http://torrentmovie-help.com to download the recommended media player "

I went to the web site to download the media player but it's not free!

What can i do.

This is the file i'm trying to play> Metal.man.2008.english.dvdrip.ac3.xvid.internal.avi

Pease help

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Best Gord Allott (gordallott) said : 		#1

you seem to be downloading a copyrighted movie, this one in particular seems to be trying to force you to install some windows software that will 'let' you watch this movie, but in reality just installs spyware and viruses on your computer. you won't be able to play that file on ubuntu and if you do on windows you will likely become infested with viruses and spyware.

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mrlopes (mrlopes) said : 		#2

Thanks Gord Allott, that solved my question.

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kindofabuzz (kindofabuzz) said : 		#3

try VLC player