I want to get ubuntu 14.04 plugins

Question

I installed 32 bit Ubuntu 14.04 OS for my computer. But I can't play music / videos. When I do a double click a song / video an error message will appear on the screen asking me to install the plugins.

Welcome to AskUbuntu. If my answer helps you, click on the "v" next to it. If it doesn't explain me why. — Vitor Abella, Jun 20 '16 at 04:15
open software update and check for update it will recommend you plugins — Mohamed Slama, Jun 20 '16 at 04:23
What music/videos do you want to play? Have you installed the ubutnu-restricted-extras package? — mikewhatever, Jun 20 '16 at 04:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '16 at 04:13

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Install vlc

Enter on Ubuntu Software Center, search for VLC and install it.

After that, right click on your music/video and open with VLC

answered Jun 20 '16 at 04:13

Vitor Abella

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he asking for plugins not application – Mohamed Slama Jun 20 '16 at 04:22
I agree with you. I wrote an workaround. – Vitor Abella Jun 20 '16 at 04:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '16 at 05:33

Try running the command:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

This will attempt to install all of the "restricted" packages, such as MP3 codecs. These are not natively built into Ubuntu due to licensing restrictions. An end user must manually install them.

If the above fails to work for you, open your file in the Movies program built in to your computer. It will automagically find the proper codecs and install them for you. As it seems like you've already encountered this dialog, just agree to let it install the proper plugins and everything will work as expected.

I want to get ubuntu 14.04 plugins

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