can't play avi and music

[Tez]

FTP wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a fresh 6.06 install but when trying to play XVID encoded AVIs or MP3s 
> either Amarok or Kaffeine are acting like scanning the files rather than 
> 'playing' them! I think that's a conf problem but don't know where to look 
> for.
>
> Thanks

Make sure you have all the codecs etc. installed,
take a look at:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats
Or
http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/

Tez