[NTLUG:Discuss] MPG movies not playing

[Chris Cox]

Steve wrote:
> 
> Sometimes, I get sound with no video. Sometimes not much of anything. 
> But I never see any video. Screen's just blank. Tried using Xine and 
> XMovie (on a Mandrake 9.0 Beta), but no luck. Doesn't seem like it's a 
> problem of a particular application as opposed to something basic in my 
> Linux setup. Files open fine in MacOS X or Windows so I know it's not 
> the file.
> 
> Sort of a basic function that I can't do. :P Any suggestions?

I would try something simple like plaympeg (my preferred lightweight player).
It is possible that the file is not mpeg-2?