A little HOWTO about installing the right avifile and xvid codec for Drip



In order get have Drip create avi's properly , you need avifile 0.7.34 and xvid-0.9.2 : 
avifile >>  http://drip.sourceforge.net/files/avifile-0.7.34-20030319.tgz
xvid    >>  http://drip.sourceforge.net/files/xvidcore-0.9.2.tar.gz

(Older versions might work, but are not tested. Newer avifile versions will not
compile or not support multiple chunk avi creation, newer versions of xvid
will not compile. I've put a copy of both tested versions here on the Drip
site to ensure their availability.)

Before installing make sure your host is clean of other versions of avifile, remove the
libs from /usr/local/lib/libavi* and clean up any xvid installations. Now install xvid 
1st, and avifile 2nd. You should not install the win32 codecs. After this is done compile 
drip, install it, and select the XVID codec once Drip is running. Also check the audio 
codec, which is resetted after the codecs for avifile are changed. Now your Drip should 
produce OK xvid avi's.



THE POINT IS YOU INSTALL THESE PACKAGES ON A CLEAN HOST. A PREVIOUS INSTALL
OF AVIFILE WILL MAKE DRIP CRASH, ONLY 0.7.34 IS TESTED TO WORK.


Bstard / 10-2-2004