We both did. Chase the link to medibuntu. Just because you are a newbie, you don't get to play helpless. Intellectual investment required. <div>On 1/26/08, Danny <<a href="mailto:bunjee@charter.net">bunjee@charter.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> Can you please tell me where to find these "codecs"? I am new to Linux. Thanx! Danny J. On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 17:59 +0100, Sav vas wrote: <blockquote type="CITE"> <pre>This isn't the mailing list to ask this kind of questions, but here are some codec packages: lame vorbis-tools flac ffmpeg liblame0 gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-gl gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse libxine1-ffmpeg libxine1-plugins audacious-plugins audacious-plugins-extra audacious-plugins-ugly libdvdread3 </pre> </blockquote> ******************************* <blockquote type="CITE"> <pre>I  do not see what you describe below here at all. </pre> </blockquote> ***** <div><blockquote type="CITE"> <pre>(You need to activate the universe and multiverse repositories from the menu System > administration > software sources) <a href="http://medibuntu.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">medibuntu.org</a> is an extra repository which provides some "dark", yet very useful codecs. On Jan 24, 2008 3:15 PM, Jim Tarvid <<a href="mailto:tarvid@ls.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tarvid@ls.net</a>> wrote: > Probably the wrong list but... > > <a href="http://medibuntu.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://medibuntu.org/</a> > > Install the repository. > > <a href="http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Gutsy#Browser_Plug-ins" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Gutsy#Browser_Plug-ins</a> > > The combination of browser and file types is quite large but that > should get you started. > > The secret is iin the codecs. > > Jim > > > On 1/24/08, Danny <<a href="mailto:bunjee@charter.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bunjee@charter.net</a>> wrote: > > > > This has nothing to do with topic below. > > What do I need to install to get video to work when I visit different > > websites? > > > > Danny J. > > > > On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 14:13 +0200, Morgan Collett wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2008 1:59 PM, Brian Burger <<a href="mailto:blurdesign@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">blurdesign@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > Ubuntu has not one but two public wikis - wiki.u.c & doc.u.c/community > > > - so no extra wiki on Ubuntu Canada's site. Likewise, there's a > > > perfectly good mailing list, so no forums. Other people maintain very > > > nice lists of Canadian LUGs, so we don't have to, etc. > > > > Thanks for raising this - I'll make sure this gets considered as we > > look at our options. > > > > Regards > > Morgan > > Ubuntu ZA > > > > > > > > -- > > loco-contacts mailing list > > <a href="mailto:loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts</a> > > > > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > <a href="mailto:loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts</a> > </pre> </blockquote> </div></div> -- loco-contacts mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com">loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts</a> </blockquote></div>