Linux Multi-Media

Most of the information provided here has been taken from the Medibuntu page.

This page is part of the Linux Setup discussion.

http://debianhelp.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/to-do-list-after-installing-ubuntu-11-10-aka-oneiric-ocelot/

Adding the Repositories

• sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
• Add deb ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/debian/stable ./ to bottom of the file.
• wget ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/debian/videolan-apt.asc && sudo apt-key add videolan-apt.asc && sudo apt-get update

Encoding MP3 Playing DVDs and Other Video files

• sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras vlc mplayer smplayer libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder mpeg2dec vorbis-tools id3v2 mpg321 mpg123 libflac++6 ffmpeg totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 libjpeg-progs flac faac faad sox ffmpeg2theora libmpeg2-4 uudeview flac libmpeg3-1 mpeg3-utils mpegdemux liba52-0.7.4-dev libquicktime2 gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-gnonlin gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly totem-plugins-extra ffmpeg
• sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 libdvdnav4 && sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 && sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/./install-css.sh && sudo apt-get install ogmrip dvdbackup dvdrip acidrip

Wine and Spotify

sudo apt-get install wine

• Then download and install the newest version of the windows spotify client from the spotify website.

Adobe Air and Twirl

• Download Abode Air from here.
• Make the downloaded file executable and then run it as root.
• Download the latest Twirl client from here.
• Use Adobe Air to install the downloaded Twirl file.