2009
10.24

Quickly Install most CODECs in Ubuntu

Recipe to install most CODECs on Ubuntu:

(Note: on a 64 bit system, substitute ‘w64codecs’ for ‘w32codecs’)

> sudo apt-get install libdvdread4

> cd /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/
> sudo ./install-css.sh

> sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get -q update && sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get -q update

> sudo apt-get install ffmpeg gxine vlc banshee w32codecs faac
> sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

For an application to copy DVDs:

> sudo apt-get install k9copy

Here is a good reference: Ubuntu Guide

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