Codec question

[Mario Vukelic]

On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 18:35 -0700, Patton Echols wrote:
> That has instructions for getting w32codecs from Medibuntu.  I did not 
> follow that procedure exactly because Medibuntu is shown as enabled in 
> synaptics package manager "third party software" even though I don't see 
> it listed in /etc/apt/sources.list  

Because repositories can now be also put in individual files
into /etc/apt/sources.list.d

> So two questions, (1) is there another version of w32codecs that I 
> should have? 

No

> (2)  Is there some reason I should not remove the packages as suggesteb 
> by "apt-get" above?

No

It is best to follow the community-produced guide, it has never failed
me: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats