Um, forget about the playing Avi files part I had said, sorry.  Got it in my
mind it could do most anything I guess : )  As a matter of fact it won't
play all Mpeg files either apparently, and no Mov files.  Although there
does seem to be ability to call out to another player I believe (just not
sure about it).

Bob

omniVERSE <inv### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
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> For a great all-round solution try Display, it can be found through Kens
> links or the www.povray.org links (search).
> It does more than just play Mpeg and Avi, with many options.
> The worst thing about it is it's for using though DOS although I've
managed
> to use it okay with a shortcut to it (and with no looping stop-action!).
> The configuration file may need some setting up. Had a video change here
and
> it tells me somethings wrong with setup but ignoring it I can still use it
> fine. (reminds me I need to check into that)
>
> Bob
>
> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
> news:382F7FCC.D9933F58@pacbell.net...
> >
> >
> > David Parrott wrote:
> > >
> > > Heya all,
> > >     Is there a free bit of software that will show .AVI's and .MPEG's
> > > with some options, that will run on a 486 dx33.  By options I mean to
> > > select things like looping.  I am currently limited to windows media
> > > player, which does all right but I cannot loop animations.
> >
> > There are so many avi and mpg video players that I have never even
> bothered
> > bookmarking them. They infest the net like cockroaches. I would suggest
> you
> > try some of the big super free/share ware sites like ZDNet, winsite.com,
> or
> > cdrom.com and do a search with their search engines for mpeg or avi. You
> will
> > get many possible options and can shoose the one that best suits your
> needs.
> >
> > http://www.winsite.com/
> >
> > http://www.zdnet.com/swlib/
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Tyler -  1200+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> > http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
>
>

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