Multimedia issues in Ubuntu 7.04

[Akshay]

Problem wit playing media files in Ubuntu 7.04

I recently installed Ubuntu 7.04. I copied quicktime4linux.tar.bz2 from one of d Digit CD/DVD. I want to install it but I m not getting ne rite solution. Diff. sites have diff. things to say n somehow none of d media files r wrkg. Ubuntu always wants something new... libdvd package or gcc or something or d odr.

Isnt thr an easier way out like a setup file in windows? I basically want to play mp3, vob, avi, mpeg, etc. files...

I tried d repository thing, downloaded kaffeine as well but again I cant "untar" n install it. Again if I m not mistaken, for running kaffeine some odr package needs to b downloaded... So how do I go abt it..

PS: Tried searching but didnt find a solution at thinkdigit.

 

[QwertyManiac]

Hmmm,

Run this following in the terminal and you wont get another chance to complain on lack of multimedia on Ubuntu ever:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras libxine-extracodecs gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-pitfdll

After this, Totem will play most formats, and so will Rhythmbox.

Alternatively, run:

sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-*

This will install VLC player and you won't have any worries playing any kind of media.

And finally, remember to use Applications > Add/Remove Programs to get all your required apps the easy way.

Note: Methods above require a full internet access.

 

[Akshay]

Thnx Qwerty... Tryin it out...

 

[Manshahia]

Is there any media player by which we can organise our songs easily...

 

[gary4gar]

Amorok

 

[anantkhaitan]

Amarok is too good but Rhythmbox is also not bad for organizing song files

 

[QwertyManiac]

Amarok's library system is the best right now out there, but you might find its playlist system and interface a bit complicated, unless you have media buttons on your keyboard or a remote perhaps.

 

[Akshay]

@qwerty

Whn I enter -

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras libxine-extracodecs gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-pitfdll

I get dis error -

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ubuntu-restricted-extras

 

[praka123]

you need to set ur /etc/apt/sources.list a good one.try *ubuntuguide.org

btwn dont try source packages from DIGIT CD/DVD,they are doing this for "name" sake.unlike in windows,Linux got available packages list listed nicely in SYnaptic manager(in menu>System>administration).dont get fooled by the source packages(.gz,.tar.gz,.bz2 etc).instead use apt-get or synaptic to do for u install softwares.
It seems so many people are fooled by DIGIT CD sources.
U can read why this is wrong way for Linux starters @ *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=529172&postcount=4

Dont try those source given from digit.its just illogical for eg;how it'll be if u get those .dll files,diffrnt config things etc wholesale to ur hand instead of installshield setup or simply "setup.exe"-the same thing in linux/unix are those gzipped(.gz) or bzipped(.bz2) source files;for eg:ur xmms source!.
So the thing is there are very good package managers which can fetch you and install software without searching internet like in windows.for eg: Debian or Ubuntu have apt and dpkg doing a wonderful job.for redhat/fedora .rpm is there,yum is there etc.
So never try those outdated source and if possible any source packages,get ur package manager works for you!
for eg:in GNOME menu after Applications and Places,there is another menu called System which contains administration menu>in which there is synaptic manager.give ur local user password when prompted.
Do read below article very informative for Windows Users too:
*linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm

U can edit /etc/apt/sources.list as follows once in GNOME:
first get run dialog:
press ALT+F2.
inside enter below commands and press enter:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

just get ur entries looks similar to the one below or from *ubuntuguide.org
do not remove the ubuntu cd entry.

# # If you get GPG errors with this sources.list, locate the GPG key in this file
# # and run these commands (where KEY is replaced with that key)
# #
# # gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys KEY
# # gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -
#Ubuntu Security
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security universe
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security universe
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security multiverse
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security multiverse

# # Ubuntu supported packages
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

#
# # Ubuntu community supported packages
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe multiverse
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe multiverse
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates universe multiverse
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates universe multiverse

# # Ubuntu backports project
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

#### Proposed Multiverse ####
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse


#### Canonical Commercial ####
deb *archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main

deb *medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free

 

[Akshay]

@praka

Thnx 4 ur help. I tried d steps mentioned by u but I m getting this error now -

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base is already the newest version.
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good is already the newest version.
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad: Depends: libgsm1 (>= 1.0.10) but it is not installable
Depends: libmpcdec3 but it is not installable
Depends: libswfdec0.3 (>= 0.3.6) but it is not going to be installed
libxine-extracodecs: Depends: libxine1-ffmpeg but it is not going to be installed
ubuntu-restricted-extras: Depends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly but it is not going to be installed
Depends: sun-java6-plugin but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

I tried foll. commands as well -

sudo apt-get install libdvdread3
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
sudo apt-get install totem-xine

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

But now Totem player says "Internal data flow error" for evry file I try to open

 

[praka123]

hmm.after editing ur sources.list,u need to do "apt-get update".did u done this
else
it shud be with ur /etc/apt/sources.list.can u attach ur /etc/apt/sources.list somewhere.
libdvdread3,sun-java6-plugin all are installed via apt in my Ubuntu Feisty.though some packages are may be.

 

[vignesh]

Do any of you get sound while playing quicktime files in vlc ?

 

[QwertyManiac]

I do sometimes and sometimes not.

 

[vignesh]

Yeah.. especially the trailers on the magazine dvd`s.. I don`t get sound at all..

 

[anantkhaitan]

I never had any issues with quicktime files in Totem.. What I do is

$ sudo yum install gstreamer*

 

[Akshay]

My sources.list -

# # If you get GPG errors with this sources.list, locate the GPG key in this file
# # and run these commands (where KEY is replaced with that key)
# #
# # gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys KEY
# # gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -
#Ubuntu Security
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security universe
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security universe
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security multiverse
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security multiverse

# # Ubuntu supported packages
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

#
# # Ubuntu community supported packages
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe multiverse
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe multiverse
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates universe multiverse
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates universe multiverse

# # Ubuntu backports project
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

#### Proposed Multiverse ####
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse


#### Canonical Commercial ####
deb *archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main

deb *medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free
# deb *in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src *in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb *security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb *security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb *security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse

I entered d command -

sudo apt-get update

n den thru totem player downloaded GStreamer thing. Now everythng is wrkg fine.... Thnx all.

PS: I m planning to format my comp. So can I take a backup of these codecs so dat I dont hav to download dem again???

 

[praka123]

u can try "aptoncd" google for that!

 

[QwertyManiac]

You can take a backup of the /var/cache/apt/ folder

 

[mehulved]

apt-on-cd will be a much better idea. It will create an ISO file of your /var/cache/apt/archive folder. When you insert the disk, you will be asked to add it to your repositories and can install packages from it.

 

[Akshay]

@mehul, praka

Tried Apton CD - I cud easily take backup of all d packages. It is easy to use n convinient... Thnx 4 ur help.