It's usual to find many distributions without MP3 support due to licensing issues. If you have MP3 files and don't know how to play them do the following:
- Open the terminal
- Type sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
- Remove comments to packages (This is erasing the # characters in lines starting with ##deb)
- Save changes and close gedit
- Update the packages sudo apt-get update
- Install the mulitmedia codecs:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins gstreamer0.8-lame gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg w32codecs libdivx4linux lame sox ffmpeg mjpegtools vorbis-tools gst-register-0.8
Now you can open a player like Rythmbox or Kaffeine and start listening songs. Totem won't play mp3 with this. To associate mp3 files with a player, right-clic on a mp3 file and go to "Open with" tab.
Comments How to play MP3 with Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins gstreamer0.8-lame gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg w32codecs libdivx4linux lame sox ffmpeg mjpegtools vorbis-tools
gst-register-0.8
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins gstreamer0.8-lame gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg w32codecs libdivx4linux lame sox ffmpeg mjpegtools vorbis-tools && gst-register-0.8
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package w32codecs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package w32codecs has no installation candidate
senthil@senthil-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install libdivx4linux
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package libdivx4linux
senthil@senthil-desktop:~$
i cant install oly 2 packages
which doesnt allow to play mp3
sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.8-plugins-multiverse
sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg
sudo aptitude install libmad0
gst-register-0.8
If you can't play mp3 at this point install : AUTOMATIX
suppose I got no internet on the computer i wanna play mp3 with?
what files can I download then go n install?
thanks in advance
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