Ubuntu how-to => Audio/Video
I hope this How-to helps and encourages more and more people to go for Linux. I will attempt to describe the most common packages that you need to play your music and movies after a fresh install of Linux.
Since Ubuntu is increasingly becoming the favourite Linux distro for newbies, I will write this how-to from Ubuntu's point of view. However, with some modifications, you can use this guide for most of the distros.
So you've finally managed to install Linux, and want to listen to some music after all the hard work. Well, you will have to install the proprietary codecs (for mp3, avi, flv, dat, rm, etc) before you can do that.
STEP I) Enable extra repositories.
For Ubuntu, go to "Software Sources" located under the "System" menu. Make sure the following repos are enabled :
1. Main
2. Universe
3. Restricted
4. Multiverse
Close the window, ubuntu will update the repositories now. You need to add one more repository, the Medibuntu repository (Note that this is only available for ubuntu and its derivative distros).
Open a terminal window and type/copy & paste the following commands (in the exact same order):
Change it with the appropriate name:
intrepid for 8.10
hardy for 8.04
gutsy for 7.10
dapper for 6.06
We're ready to install the softwares now.
STEP II) Install Vlc
Type :
STEP III) Install codecs
Type:
STEP IV) Install win32 codecs
The codecs that we have installed will not play certain formats(like .dat, .rm, .rmvb, etc). In order to play those codecs, you'll need to install the w32codecs. Again, open the Synaptic package manager and look for w32codecs (w64codecs in case of 64-bit Ubuntu).
That's it. You're all set to play your favourite numbers on your favourite distro!!
EASY WAY --> If you're not the adventurous type, I suggest you go in for, ubuntu-restricted-extras package. You will need to enable the universe and multiverse repositories though. Read more about this here:
<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">RestrictedFormats - Community Help Wiki</a>
Since Ubuntu is increasingly becoming the favourite Linux distro for newbies, I will write this how-to from Ubuntu's point of view. However, with some modifications, you can use this guide for most of the distros.
So you've finally managed to install Linux, and want to listen to some music after all the hard work. Well, you will have to install the proprietary codecs (for mp3, avi, flv, dat, rm, etc) before you can do that.
STEP I) Enable extra repositories.
For Ubuntu, go to "Software Sources" located under the "System" menu. Make sure the following repos are enabled :
1. Main
2. Universe
3. Restricted
4. Multiverse
Close the window, ubuntu will update the repositories now. You need to add one more repository, the Medibuntu repository (Note that this is only available for ubuntu and its derivative distros).
Open a terminal window and type/copy & paste the following commands (in the exact same order):
sudo wget https://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring sudo apt-get updateNote that the first command has the word "jaunty", after "...org/sources.list.d/". This represents your distro release and stands for 9.04 in this case.
Change it with the appropriate name:
intrepid for 8.10
hardy for 8.04
gutsy for 7.10
dapper for 6.06
We're ready to install the softwares now.
STEP II) Install Vlc
Type :
sudo apt-get install vlc
STEP III) Install codecs
Type:
sudo apt-get install mpeg2dec a52dec mpg321 lame lame-extras flac faac faad ffmpeg flac mpegdemux totem-gstreamer gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gxine libxine-main1 libxine-extracodecs ogle ogle-gui libdvdcss2Good codecs are tried and tested, bad may have some problems and the ugly set might be, well, UGLY!!
STEP IV) Install win32 codecs
The codecs that we have installed will not play certain formats(like .dat, .rm, .rmvb, etc). In order to play those codecs, you'll need to install the w32codecs. Again, open the Synaptic package manager and look for w32codecs (w64codecs in case of 64-bit Ubuntu).
That's it. You're all set to play your favourite numbers on your favourite distro!!
EASY WAY --> If you're not the adventurous type, I suggest you go in for, ubuntu-restricted-extras package. You will need to enable the universe and multiverse repositories though. Read more about this here:
<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">RestrictedFormats - Community Help Wiki</a>
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