Enabling sound

Adam D emlists at gmail.com
Thu Jun 22 05:02:48 UTC 2006


Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
>>> .wmv is a proprietary format, it won't play by default. First try to
>>> play an Ogg file or an MP3 before trying that.
>>
>> Thanks, Daniel. I just tried playing an ogg file and the sound was fine.
> 
> Ok, so what we need is codecs for .wmv. There are proprietary codecs you
> can use, if you don't mind using non-free software and third party
> repositories.
> 
> Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add this:
> 
> # PLF - Collection of Non-Free Proprietary Codecs & Applications
> deb ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/ dapper
> free non-free
> deb-src ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/ dapper
> free non-free
> 

What I have seen is that is for Intel but sadly, are there locations for AMD64 or would I be out of luck to play dvds on AMD?

-Adam





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