Comment by vasavr
How can I add XviD support unofficially? Its a shame the media playing capabilities render the phone useless for watching/listening anything. Whats funny is that when sending xvid files from windows to...
View ArticleComment by idro
In N9 I played all video format without problems, why it's not the same in sailfish?
View ArticleComment by DeeGee
Isn't it mentioned on that link that XviD files are MPEG4 ASP compliant, so your default h.263 decoder should play back (at least most) XviD files? Just need to route files with XviD FOURCC identifier...
View ArticleComment by rainisto
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvid#Patent_issues](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvid#Patent_issues)
View ArticleComment by kelvan
xvid is GPL, so no license fee for xvid, but there are still some patent sh..stuff. I don't think it should be a problem in the EU, but probably in the US. Is it possible to push a codec pack in the...
View ArticleAnswer by rainisto for .avi files better support
Unfortunately we currently do not support xvid officially on our devices because of propriatary licencing fees of xvid. So it depends on what coded you have inside the avi, if its playable or not.
View ArticleComment by pycage
.avi is not a media format, but a container. So if you have an .avi, it could be of any common or exotic supported or unsupported format. In your case, the audio stream e.g. is in a supported format,...
View ArticleComment by Spam Hunter
@petros - Add 'Ultimate Codec Support` from Openrepos (Warehouse) by xerxes2. Openrepos; https://openrepos.net/content/xerxes2/ultimate-codec-support or download on your device from Warehouse on your...
View ArticleComment by kelvan
same here with xvid, thumbnailer seems to support it, gallery does not show any error. xvid is widely used, if it is not supported by sailfishos the video player is probably useless for many people...
View ArticleComment by petros
The n9 had a brilliant way of playing many video files without resizing/changing format of the file.
View ArticleComment by MartinK
Maybe some error message could be shown in such a case ? *Can't play video: the WMV format is not supported* Or something similar.
View Article.avi files better support
Seems like I can't play .avi files from sd card though it appears on the gallery but when I try to play the file I get a blackscreen with sound only!
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