The multimedia player xine will allow you to play these kinds of files, as well as others. It probably was included in your Linux distribution, but if not, you can get it at http://xinehq.de/
how do i play all the .mpg, .avi, .divx files of windows in linux?
i have redhat linux 9 distro.
also, i use visual studio.NET 2003 in windows for creating windows applns. do we have anything similar to that in linux?

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