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 wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/lucid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Then, add the GPG Key:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

Playing DVDs and Other Video files

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 vlc ogmrip dvdbackup w32codecs

Replace w32codecs with w64codecs fro 64-bit machines.

Encoding MP3 and more

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse

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.