[ubuntu-in] Is there a comprehensive list of media codecs required and other problems

[deepak]

Ram:

Just install all video and audio codecs through Automatix and that 
should do the job for you.

ramnarayan.k at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> just a shirt while back i received a cd full of short and some long
> videos - .wmv. .avi , ,mpeg some .mov as well.
>
> Recently i also upgraded to 7.04 and tried to install many audio and
> video codecs and players so as not have any problems when i got home (to
> a narrow and incosistent band internet connection)
>
> So on trying to play some of the avi's i get a few error messages which
> are somewhat like this
> - proper plugin not found
> - correct demux not found
> etc etc
>
> so i check synaptic and run a search for the supposed errant missing
> codecs and other assorted files and find some familiar sounding ones not
> installed.
>
> Now my question is how can i know what ALL i need to install to make
> sure all the most popular formats run.
>
> Its not that avi files don't work - some work well and some don't
>
> so i checked the properties and looked at the encoding format - the ones
> that work are mepg based the ones that don't work are DV based !!!
>
> ***
> I tried running the misbehaving .avi file through Kino (video editor)
> and well it worked better than any of the media players - good rendering
> of colors as well. So does kino know something that the other players don't
>
> Finally - there was a post on not being able to copy .dat files
> (presumably) from a VCD. The solution was to check the file copy limit
> (using ulimit) so i tried copying a VCD .dat files and kept getting an
> error - it can't be my copy limit as its unlimited. It can't be a cd
> error because i copied it through windows and it worked liked a charm.
>
> Worse Ubuntu apart from refusing to copy refused to even play
> (obviously) but after copying it through windows Ubuntu played the same
> .dat file like a charm
>
> So all in all with my video woes the following are my questions / request
>
> Question 1 what am i missing
>
> Request 1 Would some kind soul please make a list of all the codecs, lib
> files players etc one may require to make sure video works well -
>
> thanks
> ram
>
>