can't open any audio media players
Hi, im a complete newbie, and im trying to figure out how to play my music (mp3, cds) on linux. ive tried rhythymbox music player, but when i click play to songs opened from my mp3 player, no sound. the volume is fine, and it says its playing, but i hear nothing. ive also gone on firefox and searched for downloads of other audioplayers, among which ive tried songbird and amorak, but when i double click to open them after ive downloaded them, a message box comes up saying 'could not open; archive type not supported.'
what does this mean/what do i do? thanks so much for any help you can give :) |
You need codecs, an effective way I found to get them was throught Automatix2 at www.getautomatix.com
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huh?? :confused:
i went to the site and downloaded automatix (at least, i think thats what i did >.>)... then i couldnt find it anywhere... after like 20 min of searching through my computer files, i found it in applications xP...
thanks for all your help, i will let you know if it works... :) and i probably sound like a complete idiot, but whats a codec? someone might have explained it to me once, but it didnt make any sense... :confused: ~thanks~ |
i downloaded codecs (whatever they are) and a bunch of different programs to play audio files, but there is still no sound. most of the programs show that the songs are playing, but no audio. :gonk:
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go to the media codecs and get the basic media codecs whatever they are, codecs are things that give the player instructions on how to play that media extension
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go to the media codecs where? x.x
i installed all the codecs/plugins that came with automatix, and looked for others w/ google... |
is he using ubuntu automatix is not gonna help if hes not using ubuntu
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=^.^=
ah ha! i think i figured it out. ubuntu/linux doesnt have a built-in speaker thing, does it? cause i went into volume to make sure everything was unmuted, which it was, then on impulse, plugged in my mp3 speakers, and it worked!
now i have to decided which of the eight different audio players ive downloaded to use xD thank you so much for your help! :D ~ :newbie: ~ |
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Hello theonetoblame!
So, you're using ubuntu. OK. I am glad to hear that you can now play and of course listen to your music. I'll make a suggestion, so you will have less trouble in the future. Ubuntu provides a very powerful package manager: Synaptic. Open it, type in the root password when asked, and press the search button. Search for these: w32codecs and madplay. These packages will solve a lot of problems, which didn't even occurred yet. w32codecs for example, provides a lot of codecs not only for music, but for movies too. With this installed, you will be able to play most video formats with Xine or MPlayer movie players. If Synaptic cannot find w32codecs, you can do one of these things to install this very essential codecs package: 1. In synaptic go to Settings menu, and there click Repositories. Here press New, and select from the scroll-down menu the Binary (deb) option. In URI line add this: http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ At the Distribution line add your ubuntu version (breezy, dapper, edgy, feisty or gutsy). Add only one! At Section(s) line you will need this: free non-free Press Reload button, and search again for w32codecs. I recommend this install solution, since this repo will provide you not only this, but other useful packages too. 2. Open a web browser and go here: http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...061022.tar.bz2 This will download the codecs tarball, but this way you will need to copy the codecs manually to the right directory. Where to copy? Here: /usr/lib/codecs/ This should work. To handle all kinds of compressed files/archives, you will need some packages. Go to Synaptic again, and search for these: tar, bzip2, gzip, p7zip, unzip, zip, rar, unrar, unrar-free, arj, unace, and lzop. With these installed, you will be able to handle most of your compressed archives. So, you're she. And what brought you to start using Linux? I'm just interested. It is not a negative question, I am just impressed. |
hello rob
you almost sound like a sales person; 'this very essential codec package' lol =D i didnt know where synaptic even was at first. had to look around quite a bit. but i found it (success!!) madplay was there, itll be helpful for mp3 files, but no w32codecs. okay, ive gotten as far as settings, then repositories, but there is no 'New.' only add, remove, edit and add cdrom. help? problem with option 2: no codec folder in /usr/lib, and it wont let me create one. a question though: how can access be denied, when im the admin of this computer? dont i set the accesses? as far as how i found ubuntu/linux, a friend of mine is a big-time user (not drugs, mind you) and absolutely hates windows (and loves to rant about it) xD plus, he happened to mention that fact that most hackers are guys (clearly a challenge :P) ...as well as all the obvious advantages of open source... :D |
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