I'm trying to use pix_movie and pix_film to try out video playback in GEM, but every time I do it I get an error saying it can't decode the video. I've tried a couple different formats, and none have worked (one said there was no quicktime support, the other said it couldn't decode MPEG3). Any suggestions?

(I'm running on Debian Etch, btw.)

Thanks.

-TechFalcon

Try the pix_movie helppatch to see which (avi/mov/wmv) works with your system. Then using ffmpeg determine the settings of that file;
ffmpeg -i anim.mov

• and recode your videofile accordingly;
  ffmpeg -i yourfile.mpg -an -vcodec mjpeg newfile.mov

This is what worked for me at least, check the ffmpeg faq and 'ffmpeg -formats' for more information.
If none of the supplied movies in the pix_movie help patch work it might be time to add some multimedia repos to your Debian Etch.

installing more gst libraries might help... Did for me on fedora.