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Ubuntu Help?
piratePenguin:
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Can I use the ones on my Windows install and where do I download them from?
Also it doesn't actually say which codec I need to play a file so how the fuck am I supposed to know what to download?
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http://ubuntuguide.org/#codecs
I don't think you can use the Windows ones.
Aloone_Jonez:
I've tried following the tutorial you've linked me too, I pasted the text directly into the terminal and it all seem to install (apart from one or two packages) but I still get the same error message when the media player trys to play an .mpg and I've tried several different files.
Also how do I quit a program if it crashes or becomes unresponsive?
H_TeXMeX_H:
You should try xine or mplayer ... they are both capable of using Window$ codecs :D ... they have never failed me ...
mobrien_12:
Xine and mplayer are very nice. I find mplayer to be a little more smooth, but xine has some features mplayer doesn't, so I keep them both.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---I've tried following the tutorial you've linked me too, I pasted the text directly into the terminal and it all seem to install (apart from one or two packages) but I still get the same error message when the media player trys to play an .mpg and I've tried several different files.
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I'm not sure on what codecs are for what kinda files. Try searching in synaptic for "mpg" or "mpeg" or something.
I've used both mplayer and xine and never really had that great of experiences with them - but all user-related stuff (like codecs). ATM I'm using Totem with the gstreamer backend.
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Also how do I quit a program if it crashes or becomes unresponsive?
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In the GNOME system monitor find the program, right click and "kill process".
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