avi wont play in Ubuntu

kittysacattack · 04-22-2008, 02:59 AM

How can I play avi files in Ubuntu. Ive been working on this for about 5 hours now. Thanks for your suggestions.

tlarkin · 04-22-2008, 03:11 AM

Download VLC and use it to play all your videos

www.videolan.org

Download the debian package and install it.

kittysacattack · 04-23-2008, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlarkin

Download VLC and use it to play all your videos

www.videolan.org

Download the debian package and install it.

I installed vlc, it still doesnt play avi, it plays, but all messed up. What is that second part about debian package, what do you mean. I recall reading somewhere about uninstalling Gstreamer, is this true?

patrickv · 04-23-2008, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by kittysacattack

I installed vlc, it still doesnt play avi, it plays, but all messed up. What is that second part about debian package, what do you mean. I recall reading somewhere about uninstalling Gstreamer, is this true?

yeah i remember when i first setup ubuntu, very long ago, needs to install a bunch of codecs etc. but i found THIS link for you

hope it helps

kittysacattack · 04-23-2008, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrickv

yeah i remember when i first setup ubuntu, very long ago, needs to install a bunch of codecs etc. but i found THIS link for you

hope it helps

I cant follow this tutorial, i am really confused by it, can anyone out there explain it. I got vlc player, is there a way to make vlc player work? Thanks for your support. If i could just learn this OS I would be really happy with it.

patrickv · 04-23-2008, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by kittysacattack

I cant follow this tutorial, i am really confused by it, can anyone out there explain it. I got vlc player, is there a way to make vlc player work? Thanks for your support. If i could just learn this OS I would be really happy with it.

wow am surprise, if you can't follow this guide then if you go to ubuntu forums you wont be able to understand anything. seems you're rushing.

Go to your package manager do a search for :

gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

install them one by one, after that reboot your pc
edit : i forgot to add you need to search for "libdvdcss" in Synaptic, install those too

kittysacattack · 04-23-2008, 05:07 AM

[quote=patrickv;956350]wow am surprise, if you can't follow this guide then if you go to ubuntu forums you wont be able to understand anything. seems you're rushing.

Thank you very much. Ya, this is embarrassing, I really am retarded when it comes to Ubuntu. I think I need to find a friend to demonstrate the general idea, then i can work from there.

kittysacattack · 04-23-2008, 05:44 AM

I was unable to find libdvdcss in synaptics.

patrickv · 04-23-2008, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kittysacattack

I was unable to find libdvdcss in synaptics.

just type dvd, everything related to dvd will pop up, or type "win32" and see what that brings up.

kittysacattack · 04-23-2008, 06:07 AM

found win 32, which has codec for avi, but couldnt find libdvdcss. Since i cant get vlc to work, can someone suggest another player, and everything with that player i need.

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04-22-2008, 03:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,187	Download VLC and use it to play all your videos www.videolan.org Download the debian package and install it.

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kittysacattack Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 140	[quote=patrickv;956350]wow am surprise, if you can't follow this guide then if you go to ubuntu forums you wont be able to understand anything. seems you're rushing. Thank you very much. Ya, this is embarrassing, I really am retarded when it comes to Ubuntu. I think I need to find a friend to demonstrate the general idea, then i can work from there.

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kittysacattack Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 140	I was unable to find libdvdcss in synaptics.

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