On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 19:45 -0700, JD wrote: > I have an avi file which when played with any of the linux players: > xine, vlc, mplayer, ffplay, totem, ...etc > displays the message in the video window: > Codec Error: Use Windows Media player. > then it issues the message: Redirecting to microsoft download page. > > I have never seen this happen before. > > Has anyone else seen it? How to get around it? What does "file youfile.avi" say? If it says "Microsoft APF", throw it away. It's almost certainly a trojan and even if not you can only play it under Windows. If it doesn't say that, you may simply need a Windows-compatible codec. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines