[ubuntu-in] How to play .mp4 video in Ubuntu 9.04 ?

[Shrinivasan T]

Hi,

>                I have installed Ubuntu 9.04 in my laptop.I have windows XP
> also and i have download a .mp4 video. I want to play that video in Ubuntu
> also but when i double click on the .mp4 file ,a message has been displayed
> "Search for suitable codec". actually my data card doesn't work in Ubuntu
> plateform so i couldn't download suitable codec for player. My data card
> works fine in windows XP .
>                   So i want to ask you that how can i play that .mp4 file
> video in Ubuntu?
>

What data card you have?

Most of the data cards are now working in ubuntu.
google for it.

To play multimedia file, you have to install ubuntu-restricted-extras package.
Obviously, you need internet for this.

Else, take your laptop to any browsing center and install those packages.

:-)


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Regards,
T.Shrinivasan


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