Can't start vlc from terminal in OS X

[Laurent Aimar]

On Fri, May 17, 2002, Ian Airey wrote:
> the command i am using (that doesn't work) is
> ian% ./vlc.app/Contents/MacOS/vlc divx:/Users/ian/Desktop/LOTR-CD3.avi
> 
> I just keep getting : module error: requested access module 'divx'
> unavailable
> but vlc can play a divx from thr "open file" command in the GUI

 You don't use the good demux. The good name, here, is 'avi'.

It's because 'divx' is the codec name for the video and not for the way
that this stream is stored. For example you can find divx video in asf
file ( not supported by vlc).

-- 
fenrir


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