[NTLUG:Discuss] MPG movies not playing

[Steve]

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.

Got Xine to work after I installed Nvidia's drivers from Nvidia's 
website. Not sure why this is so though. You'd think you would be able 
to play a common MPG video file right after system install with no 
additional futzing required. Not sure if this is a prob with the beta or 
what.

Thanks for the suggestions,

Steve