[SOLVED] does installing w32 codecs solve all media problems in kubuntu?

arthurmakowah · 01-25-2013, 08:54 AM

i haven't switched to an unlimeted data plan so cant afford installing stuff via terminal. If i download w32codecs.deb will it solve all my media problems in kubuntu? Or i shud just install vlc player? Sorry, is there a way to reset all my settings in kubuntu 12.04.1?? That is what i am currently using as of now

schneidz · 01-25-2013, 08:57 AM

if they are mutually exclusive based on your data cap, my vote would be to download and install vlc. i think apt-get will report how big the download + dependencies will be so you will have to hit 'y' to accept the download.

what media player are you using now ?

arthurmakowah · 01-25-2013, 09:07 AM

i am using dragon player, i think it is the default video player. Okay bro thanks. So before typing apt-get, do i have to update repositories first? And how do i do it?

schneidz · 01-25-2013, 09:12 AM

i use fedora which uses yum as the repository manager but in ubuntu i think its:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

also, i just ran this on my xbmc live-usb pc (runs on top of ubuntu):

Code:

xbmc@live:~/win/stuff$ sudo apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  fonts-freefont-ttf liba52-0.7.4 libaudio2 libavcodec53 libavformat53 libavutil51 libcddb2 libcrystalhd3 libdc1394-22 libdca0
  libdirac-encoder0 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libdvbpsi7 libebml3 libfaad2 libgsm1 libiso9660-8 libkate1 liblua5.1-0 libmatroska5 libmng1
  libmodplug1 libmpcdec6 libmpeg2-4 libmtp-common libmtp-runtime libmtp9 libopus0 libpostproc52 libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative
  libqt4-network libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libresid-builder0c2a
  libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsdl-image1.2 libsidplay2 libssh2-1 libswscale2 libtar0 libts-0.0-0 libtwolame0 libupnp6 libvcdinfo0 libvlc5
  libvlccore5 libvpx1 libwebp2 libx264-123 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-xv0 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 qdbus
  tsconf vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
Suggested packages:
  nas firmware-crystalhd opus-tools libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel libqt4-declarative-gestures libqt4-declarative-particles
  libqt4-declarative-shaders qt4-qmlviewer libqt4-dev qt4-qtconfig videolan-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fonts-freefont-ttf liba52-0.7.4 libaudio2 libavcodec53 libavformat53 libavutil51 libcddb2 libcrystalhd3 libdc1394-22 libdca0
  libdirac-encoder0 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libdvbpsi7 libebml3 libfaad2 libgsm1 libiso9660-8 libkate1 liblua5.1-0 libmatroska5 libmng1
  libmodplug1 libmpcdec6 libmpeg2-4 libmtp-common libmtp-runtime libmtp9 libopus0 libpostproc52 libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative
  libqt4-network libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libresid-builder0c2a
  libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsdl-image1.2 libsidplay2 libssh2-1 libswscale2 libtar0 libts-0.0-0 libtwolame0 libupnp6 libvcdinfo0 libvlc5
  libvlccore5 libvpx1 libwebp2 libx264-123 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-xv0 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 qdbus
  tsconf vlc vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
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arthurmakowah · 01-25-2013, 09:20 AM

i can afford that as of now. Ill just install vlc player. Thanks man