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I'm trying to play a video which requires the above mentioned plugins. I've looked at a few answers on this topic here but it hasn't resolved the issue for me.

What I've tried until now :

  1. sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras ... But this one's having some issues and skipping downloading some packages... so the whole thing doesn't get downloaded completely.

  2. I've tried sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main universe restricted multiverse" to add the above repositories to the ubuntu's source.list for download places but it hasn't helped.

Anyone knows what else can I try to get this working?

David Foerster
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    Ubuntu 10.10 is not supported anymore, please use the latest version 12.10 or 12.04 LTS. – Uri Herrera Jan 02 '13 at 08:56
  • Difficult to get support for an unsupported version. – NickTux Jan 02 '13 at 09:00
  • @UriHerrera - Do you mean a fresh install of ubuntu 12.10 / 12.04 LTS or do you mean i need to get the codec packages meant for ubuntu's 12.x versions ? I'll need help in the later case as i'm not sure where/how to download them... – user481913 Jan 02 '13 at 09:01
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    Upgrade your OS, and install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package. – Uri Herrera Jan 02 '13 at 09:01
  • @UriHerrera Can i just run the update to upgrade the OS or does this need a fresh install ? – user481913 Jan 02 '13 at 09:05
  • I would recommend a fresh install. If you upgrade through the Update Manager you have to go through each release 11.04>11.10>12.04 or 12.10, you can (but shouldn't) skip them. – Uri Herrera Jan 02 '13 at 09:07
  • ok thanks ... i'll set up myself for a couple of hours of time waste ... :) – user481913 Jan 02 '13 at 09:10
  • This question is based on the question http://askubuntu.com/q/214421/217269 which was asked before. There are good answers provided too! – strpeter May 21 '14 at 11:22

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You will have to download codecs. To install the proprietary codecs type the following in a terminal window.

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse

Once you have installed these codecs you will be able to play nearly any audio/video format.

I also recommend you to Upgrade to 12.04 LTS.

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  • All of them contained in the ubuntu-restricted-extras package..., did you tested this on Maverick? did this worked for you on Maverick?. – Uri Herrera Jan 02 '13 at 09:45
  • Yeah it did work on Maverick.. – Mukund Jan 02 '13 at 09:49
  • @Mukund - I tried the command for trhe 32 bit version, however i encountered the following errors. 1)There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes. So i replaced -y with --force-yes and tried again...This time there's problem downloading certain packages i.e issue no. 2 2)Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/g/gst-plugins-ugly-multiverse0.10/gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse_0.10.16-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 80] Try runnning apt-get update or --fix-missing. So what next ? – user481913 Jan 02 '13 at 11:47