[ubuntu-uk] video playback

[Farran]

On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 22:39 +0000, Jason Liquorish wrote:

> Farran Lee wrote:
> > hi all
> > just upgraded, now basic video formats like .avi won't play :( help 
> > please :)
> > thanks
> >
> > ===================================
> > Farran Lee
> > I'm only 16 :P
> >
> Hi Farran,
> 
> Installing the 'ubuntu-restricted-extras' package should fix video
> playback problems for proprietary formats. If you also want to play
> restricted formats like .wmv then you can enable the medibuntu
> repository and install the 'w32codecs' package. Instructions to add the
> medibuntu repository can be found at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#Adding%20the%20Repositories
> 
> Hope that helps you out.
> 
> -- 
> Jason Liquorish <jason at dropshock.com>
> 
> 
> 


thanks... I had actually already done that in the last release - there
just seemed to be something weird going on. Several things had changed
and weren't right, but today it's all fine... strange!
Thanks anyway :D

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Farran Lee
I'm only 16 :-P
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