w32codec-all-2006 is the most important codec pack for Linux, used by many media players, including Xine and Mplayer.
Most important video codecs:
ˇ MPEG-1 (VCD) and MPEG-2 (SVCD/DVD/DVB) video
ˇ MPEG-4 in all variants including DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5 (Pro), XviD
ˇ Windows Media Video 7/8 (WMV1/2)
ˇ Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3) (using x86 DLL)
ˇ RealVideo 1.0, 2.0 (G2)
ˇ RealVideo 3.0 (RP8), 4.0 (RP9) (using Real libraries)
ˇ Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3), Cinepak, RPZA and other QuickTime codecs
ˇ DV video
ˇ 3ivx
ˇ Intel Indeo3 (3.1, 3.2)
ˇ Intel Indeo 4.1 and 5.... [
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