I am working in linux platform and want to read video of mpg or mp4 format .but my system support only one format .avi.why?

 am working in linux platform and want to read video of mpg or mp4 format .but my system support only one format .avi.why?

[José-Luis]

Have you tried outside matlab? Linux can be particular about proprietary file formats.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Maybe you have an old version of MATLAB.

[anu]

It is Matlab2013

[Image Analyst]

Does the VideoReader class not work for you? Try the attached demo.

[Image Analyst]

See this link:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/93175-why-am-i-unable-to-read-my-avi-file-in-64-bit-matlab-on-a-64-bit-version-of-windows-xp-windows-vist

The information applies to any video (not just .avi files) that you can't play because you don't have the codec. Though maybe not directly for you since you have Linux instead of Windows but it's probably something similar.