Help! I'm an idiot (posted this as "a shout" like an idiot)...

[Jaime Davila]

You'll need codecs for some formats (like wmv), but not for everything. 
If you put a cd in your cd drive, you should be able to play it. AFAIK, 
if you have kde, a cd player program gets launched automatically, 
actually. So, if you're getting no sound whatsoever from any program, 
that's not a codec issue.

But, if you get sound form some programs and just need to add codecs to 
play wmv files and such, read this:
http://ubuntuguide.org/#codecs

Fell free to ask questions, if anything in those instructions doesn't 
make sense.

And welcome to freedom!


Elswood wrote:
> I am completely new to kubuntu; installed the latest breezy badger (to get a 
> divorce from Windows); and am having the common problem of getting sound from 
> CD drive (although it plays) and DVD drive. I have searched the forums and 
> have discovered that I need certain windows codexs to get my sound to work. 
> Tried to download them (to no avail) and even attempted to download Kubuntu 
> Automatix from instructions in these forums. (The first sudo worked, but the 
> first wget just hung!) Could somebody explain to a complete idiot how to get 
> his sound working? (Pentium 4 Dell Dimension 4300 with 64MB NIVIDA GeForce MX 
> graphics card with TV-Out) What I read about the Automatix program (it being 
> so slick and easy and all) is what I need since, in addition to being brand 
> new to Kubuntu, I am a complete computer idiot! (Be kind, be gentle, walk me 
> through it like you would a little child, ppleease...) 
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