Guide to getting mp3 and video working

[Lothar Braun]

Hi Subs,

On Wednesday 10 January 2007 11:30, Subs wrote:
> Just installed Kubuntu. From looking at the FAQ on the website I thought it
> would be easy to get video or at least mp3 support working by installing a
> couple of packages. Alas no it's not. No doubt this has been asked a
> million times before but for Kubuntu 6.10 what do I need to do to
>
> * Get mp3 support in Amarok and in general across the desktop?
> * What do I need to do in order to play back the avi's I taken with my
> camera on my holidays?
> * What do we I need to do to be able to playback the DVDs I rent from the
> video store?
>
> I'd be happy to produce a guide and stick it up on the Kubuntu FAQ if
> someone could tell me how to do these things. Is it not time that a quick
> link was provided on the desktop which would install all these dependancies
> at the click of a user button?

There is a already good documentation on the multimedia topic. It is available 
at

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Multimedia

Regards,
  Lothar
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 187 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-devel/attachments/20070110/fdc71eae/attachment.pgp