getting heavily into multimedia on ubuntu, how to start?

[Basil Chupin]

On 29/05/10 19:32, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>    obviously an open-ended question, but is there a canonical guide for
> setting up a multimedia-oriented version of lynx?  i'm aware of the
> ubuntu-studio distro but i would prefer to configure the various MM
> apps one at a time to see how they all hold together.
>
>    certainly, there's enough out there if one googles on some
> combination of "ubuntu" and "multimedia".  but, as i said. i'd like to
> put this together step by step to understand the underlying technology
> (mostly gstreamer, of course).
>
>    as a first step, from what i've read, i probably want to install the
> ubuntu-restricted-extras package.  and almost certainly add the
> medibuntu repository to my sources.list file.
>
>    and a more specific question now.  i see that my default lynx
> install gave me the "totem" player which, predictably, can't play a
> DVD for me due to a lack of appropriate plugin:
>
> "The required software to play this file is not installed. You need to
> install suitable plugins to play media files. Do you want to search
> for a plugin that supports the selected file?
>
> "The search will also include software which is not officially
> supported."
>
>    exactly what i expected, but i'm curious as to whether one can then
> determine precisely what plugin is required.  the search fails to find
> an appropriate plugin, but is there some kind of debugging mode that
> would tell me what exactly is missing before i even started the
> search?
>
>    long story short:  i want to get these MM apps working but i want to
> carefully follow along *how* they fit together as i do it.
>
> rday
>
> p.s.  is it safe to assume that gstreamer forms the fundamental basis
> of multimedia on ubuntu these days?
>    

To start with, as baby-steps for an newbie like yourself, go here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

BC


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