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Ubuntu strives to make every piece of software available under the licensing terms laid out in the [http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/licensing Ubuntu License Policy]. Patent and copyright restrictions complicate the ability of a free operating system to distribute software that will support proprietary or non-free formats.

Ubuntu's commitment to only include completely free software by default means that proprietary media formats are not configured 'out of the box'. This page will show you how to enable support for the most popular non-free media formats.

If all of this seems like a lot of work to get non-free media playback up and running, please remember that Ubuntu is limited by patents and license restrictions in some countries. Look to the future and make sure that "Digital Rights Management" (DRM, aka "Digital Restrictions Management") and similar restrictions are carefully monitored by you, the open source community and free software users.

See Ubuntu's [http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/philosophy Free Software Philosophy] and the FreeFormats page for a more comprehensive discussion of these issues.

  • Legal Notice Patent and copyright laws operate differently depending on which country you are in. Please obtain legal advice if you are unsure whether a particular patent or restriction applies to a media format you wish to use in your country.

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Before You Start

  • You must have [:RootSudo:administrative privileges] to install packages.

  • See [:InstallingSoftware#head-82ee502162e81ddca57bfba9281ad97c39fd7fbe:Installing Software] for instructions about how to install software in Ubuntu.

  • Make sure you have enabled the [:Repositories/Ubuntu#what:Universe and Multiverse repositories]. BR See [:Repositories/Managing Repositories in Ubuntu] or [:Repositories/Kubuntu:Kubuntu] for help with this.

  • Some software on this page is in repositories not controlled by Ubuntu. Please do not file bugs about proprietary media players like RealPlayer or packages like w32codecs.

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How to Make Things Work in a Hurry

  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) & Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)

    • Install the following packages to play most proprietary formats using [:MultimediaApplications#totem:Totem] and [:MultimediaApplications#rhythmbox:Rhythmbox], which both come with Ubuntu. See [#oneline here] for this list on one line that can be used at the terminal

    • gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
    • gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
    • gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
    • gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
    • gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
    • gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse Since the version of Totem that comes with Ubuntu does not yet play DVDs, the list below also includes packages for the GXine and Ogle players, which do. For playing encrypted DVDs, refer to [#dvd DVD] section
    • gxine
    • libxine-main1
    • libxine-extracodecs
    • ogle
    • ogle-gui
    • w32codecs (Note: to enable w32codecs, see the [#w32codecs w32codecs section])

  • Kubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) & Kubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)

    • libxine-extracodecs
    • libarts1-mpeglib
    • libarts1-xine
    • libakode2-mpeg
    • w32codecs (Note: to enable w32codecs, see the [#w32codecs w32codecs section])

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The (K)Ubuntu Media Players

These media players support free formats (Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Theora, and similar formats) 'out of the box'. However, they can also play most non-free media formats if you install some additional packages.

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Alternative Media Players

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  • Additional Ubuntu Players

    Totem-xine or gxine are recommended for most users; MPlayer provides some of the most comprehensive Free Software support for free and non-free media formats and is highly recommended, but the setup and configuration are slightly more complicated, particularly for Ubuntu Breezy users.

    • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

      • Install the following packages
        • totem-xine
        • gxine
        • libxine-extracodecs
        • mplayer

    • Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) and earlier

      • Install
        • totem-xine
        • gxine
      • Note for Ubuntu 5.10: See ["MPlayer/Breezy"] for details on how to install and configure ["MPlayer"] for your computer architecture.

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  • Additional Kubuntu Players

    • In addition to the default [:MultimediaApplications#kaffeine:Kaffeine] player, you could try KMplayer and Codeine.

    • Kubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) and Kubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)

      • Install
        • kmplayer
        • codeine
        • mplayer
        • xine-ui
        • libxine-extracodecs

attachment:IconsPage/eyes.png See MultimediaApplications for an overview of the most popular media players for Ubuntu and Kubuntu.

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Detailed Instructions

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MP3

  • Ubuntu's Universe repository includes an easy to use application for mass-converting MP3 music to Ogg Vorbis format. Please keep in mind that converting between lossy compression formats such as MP3 and Ogg Vorbis causes reduced quality!

    • In Ubuntu:

      • Install the soundconverter package

      • Open it from the Applications->Sound and Video menu

      • Add the files you wish to convert
      • Tweak the settings for quality, filename, etc.
      • Start converting!
    • In Kubuntu:

      • Follow the above instructions using the soundkonverter package

  • You can easily convert MP3s into Ogg Vorbis format using [http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity]

    • Install the package audacity

    • Start Audacity

    • To import an MP3: File --> Open

    • Select an MP3 and open it

    • To export as an Ogg: File --> Export as Ogg Vorbis

    • Give the file a name, and save

  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

  • Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)

    • Install the package gstreamer0.8-mad.

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  • Kubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)

    • Open Amarok and play an mp3 file. Amarok will ask if you would like to add mp3 support and then install the libxine-extracodecs package.

    • Alternatively, follow the instructions for Kubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

  • Kubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

    • Install libxine-extracodecs.

    • To add mp3 support to [:MultimediaApplications#k3b:K3b], install libk3b2-mp3.

    • To add mp3 support to JuK, install libakode2-mpeg and libarts1-mpeglib.

    • Video thumbnails in Konqueror -- install libarts1-xine. You can turn this functionality on and off through Konqueror's menu View->Preview->Video files.

    • Audio Previewing -- The Kubuntu file manager Konqueror can preview sound files if you hover your mouse pointer over the file (this can be enabled in Konqueror's menu under View->Preview->Sound files). If you would like to add this functionality for use with mp3 files, install libarts1-mpeglib.

  • Kubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)

    • Kubuntu 5.10 uses two different methods for playing mp3s:

      • If you are using the version of amarok that comes by default with Kubuntu 5.10, install gstreamer0.8-mad.

      • If you are using the [http://www.carewolf.com/akode akode] audio library, install akode-mpeg.

      • To add mp3 support for use with K3b, install k3b-mp3.

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  • Xubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

    • Install libxine-extracodecs for use with xfmedia.

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Converting Videos To Ogg Theora

Ubuntu has full support for the Free video format [http://www.theora.org/ Ogg Theora] out of the box, and there are a couple of methods for converting videos into this format:

  • The [http://www.videolan.org VideoLAN] project has given the VLC media player (available in Ubuntu's Universe repository) streaming capabilities, including the ability to stream into a file. To encode an Ogg Theora video of a file VLC is capable of playing

    • Install the vlc package and run it (if working from command line these instructions are for the vlc or wxvlc commands, not the svlc command)

    • Choose File->Open File (NOT Quick Open File)

    • In the File tab select the Browse button and choose the video you wish to convert

    • Tick the box next to Stream output then click the Settings button which becomes accessible

    • Under Output Methods tick File then click the Browse button and choose what you want to save your output file as (possibly ending the filename with ".ogg", although that is not strictly needed)

    • Change Encapsulation Method to Ogg and tick Video codec and Audio codec, changing them to theo and vorb respectively

    • Choose your desired bitrates for audio and video (you will need to do some experimentation with these to produce small files of high quality)

    • Press OK in the settings window, then again in the open file window. The file will now stream to an Ogg Theora video instead of being played normally.

  • The program ffmpeg2theora is slightly more reliable than VLC, but it is based on the command line:

    • Install ffmpeg2theora from Universe

    • Open a terminal in the same folder as the video you wish to convert

    • Run the command ffmpeg2theora -v N video_file where N is the output quality and video_file is the filename of the video. This will produce a file called "video_file.ogg"

    • For more options see the ffmpeg2theora manual with the command man ffmpeg2theroa

  • There is a rudimentary GUI available for ffmpeg2theora which allows configuration of most ffmpeg2theora options and provides a useful progress bar. It uses the QT4 toolkit, so you may need to install some extra packages to compile or use it. A precompiled binary can be found [http://p80.free.fr/katiuska-0.1-bin.tar.bz2 here] and the corresponding source can be found [http://p80.free.fr/katiuska-0.1.tar.bz2 here].

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Enable Other Non-Free Formats

  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

    • Install the following packages:
      • gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
      • gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
      • gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
      • gstreamer0.10-pitfdll

  • Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)

    • Install the following packages:
      • gstreamer0.8-plugins
      • gstreamer0.8-plugins-multiverse
      • gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg

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  • Kubuntu and Xubuntu

    • This step is not needed for Kubuntu users as libxine-extracodecs includes all of these formats.

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Windows Codecs (w32codecs)

  • i386 architecture

    • Support for WMV, RealMedia and other formats has been bundled into the w32codecs package. This package is not available from the Ubuntu repositories due to licensing and legal restrictions. You can download the package from debian-multimedia.org:

  • AMD64 architecture

    • The Windows Codecs package cannot be used directly by the AMD64 distribution. Some people solve this problem by installing the i386 Ubuntu distribution inside a chroot (for example, [:VServer:Linux Vserver] or [http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/admin/dchroot dchroot]), and this works very well.

  • PowerPC architecture

  • The PowerPC distribution cannot use the Windows Codecs.

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Playing Streaming Video from the Internet

  • Ubuntu

    There are a variety of plugins that allow you to play streaming video in your browser. The recommended plugin is totem-xine-firefox-plugin. First, install the [#w32codecs Windows Codecs], then install the totem-plugin.

    On Ubuntu, Totem can use either the [:MultimediaApplications#what:gstreamer] (default) or xine multimedia frameworks. The plugin installation process depends on the framework you use. If you use totem-gstreamer (the version of Totem that uses the gstreamer back-end), install the totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin package. If you use totem-xine, install the totem-xine-firefox-plugin package.

    See [:FirefoxStreamingVideo:this page] for instructions for Ubuntu 5.10.

  • Kubuntu

    This is not needed for Konqueror; Kubuntu comes with a plugin by default.

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Real Media

  • Following the instructions above should enable most media players (such as Totem and Kaffeine) to play RealMedia files but if you wish to set up [:RealplayerInstallationMethods:Realplayer] to be the default application to open RealMedia file types:

  • Ubuntu

    • Use the File Manager to navigate to a folder containing a sample RealMedia file. Click the file with the right mouse button, select Properties, and then the tab Open With. Click the radio button next to RealPlayer 10, and close the dialog window.

  • Kubuntu

    • Open Konqueror, and select Configure Konqueror in the Settings menu. Navigate to the File Associations section using the side bar, Then type rm in the Find Filename Pattern box. Select the known type labelled vnd.rn-realmedia And add Real Player 10 to the top of the Application Preference Order dialogue.

  • Note About Streaming Video

    • RealPlayer supports streaming RealMedia files slightly better than other players (for example, those which use the Xine engine). These players generally cannot skip forwards and backwards through streams or resume after pausing, which can be a problem if the connection is dropped temporarily as the file will have to be started again from the beginning. There is a simple solution to this if you want to use your regular media players like Totem or Kaffeine:

    • Install the package streamripper

    • Download a streaming "video" file (actually these are text files containing the online location of the stream)

    • Open a terminal and run the command: streamripper $(cat filename.rm) , which will start to download the video stream onto your filesystem.

This command will repeat itself once finished, so once the first line saying ripping has finished and another appears you can stop the program by pressing Ctrl-C. By default the downloaded file will be called Streamripper_rips/incomplete/ - .mp3. Don't pay attention to the MP3 filename, since Ubuntu recognises files by their actual content rather than the name. Open this in a player which supports RealMedia files and it will no longer be streaming from the Internet, meaning you can pause, resume and skip forwards and backwards as much as you want.

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Smil

  • If you want [:RealPlayerInstallationMethods:Realplayer] to be the default application to open Smil file types:

  • Ubuntu

    • Use the File Manager to navigate to a folder containing a Smil file. Click the file with the right mouse button, select Properties, and then the tab Open With. Click the radio button next to RealPlayer10, and close the dialog window.

  • Kubuntu

    • Open Konqueror, and select Configure Konqueror in the Settings menu. Navigate to the File Associations section using the side bar, Then type smil in the Find Filename Pattern box. Select the known type labelled smil And add Real Player 10 to the top of the Application Preference Order dialogue.

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Ripping CDs

  • If your portable music player does not support FreeFormats such as ogg vorbis or ogg theora, you can covert audio to non-free formats like mp3 or aac instead. See the page [:CDRipping] for details.

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Playing encrypted DVDs

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  • Installing libdvdcss2

    • Applies to all architectures except AMD64

      • Install the libdvdread3 package.

      • Then download the libdvdcss2 library by typing in a terminal: 

        sudo  /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh

        or, if you are using Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft): 

        sudo  /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh

        Note: You can also download the libdvdcss2 library manually by locating the latest deb for your archietecture [http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/deb/ here].

    • Applies to the AMD64 architecture only:

      • The install-css.sh script will compile the libdvdcss2 library for you instead of downloading a prebuilt binary. Make sure you install the debhelper, build-essential and fakeroot packages first. Then issue the command: 

        sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh

        or, if you are using Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft): 

        sudo  /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
    • Your DVD player should now play back encrypted DVDs.

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  • Setting Region Codes BR If your DVD player regularly locks up when you try to play back a DVD, your DVD player probably does not match the DVD's [wiki:WikiPedia/Regional_lockout Region Code]. Region Codes are a form of vendor lock-in. For example, you cannot play a DVD published in Japan (Region 2) on a DVD player in the United States (Region 1) without changing the Region Code of the DVD player (unless you own a regionless DVD player). You can view or modify the Region Code of your DVD drive with the [http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/ regionset] tool.

    attachment:IconsPage/warning.png BR [http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/ The author of regionset writes:] "On delivery, most DVD drives have no region code set. The drive firmware allows you to change the region code, but on nearly all drives you are limited to five (5) changes. After the fifth change, the DVD drive will stay fixed on that code -- on some drives you can upgrade the drive firmware and have then additional five changes, on other drives you won't be able to change the region code any more."

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  • To change the Region Code of your DVD player, insert a DVD from your region in the DVD player, and do the following:

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  • Jerky Playback BR If DVD playback is noticeably choppy or burning a CD/DVD is slower than it should be, then you may need to enable DMA transfer for the DVD drive. See the [:DMA:DMA (Direct Memory Access)] page for details.

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Ripping DVDs

Ubuntu contains a number of DVD backup applications (aka "DVD rippers"). To rip encrypted DVDs, you must install libdvdcss2 the same as you would to play encrypted DVDs (see above). Historically, most DVD rippers would re-encode the DVD using patent-encumbered codecs, typically MPEG-4 for video and MP3 for audio. However, at least one DVD ripper in Ubuntu, Thoggen, re-encodes your DVDs using only patent-free codes, Theora for video and Vorbis for audio. Thoggen is available in the Universe repository.

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AAC and iTunes Music Store

  • AAC decoding

    • The default audio format used by Apple's iTunes and iPod is AAC. This is a variant of the MPEG standard, and as such has patent issues.

    • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

      • Install the gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse package. (Note: some people may need to also install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad to make it work.)

    • Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)

      • You can listen to AAC files in rhythmbox or amarok by installing gstreamer0.8-faad.

      attachment:IconsPage/eyes.png Songs purchased from the iTunes music store (.m4p) are encrypted and will not play using gstreamer0.8-faad. You will have to decrypt them first.

  • AAC encoding

    • FAAC can be used to encode AACs, although this is somewhat experimental compared to MP3 encoding at this point. Applications that use the gstreamer back-end can use a plugin called gstreamer0.8-faac on Ubuntu 5.10. See ["CDRipping"] for how to encode CDs to AAC.

    • For other programs, you may be able to utilize FAAC directly to encode to AACs using the faac package.

  • iTunes Music Store

    • Apple's iTunes Music Store sells music online with a large selection of artists. Songs are in 128K AAC format, and cost varies by country. Apple only has Mac and Windows clients, but it also can be used on Linux. There are two different methods by which this can be done. BR

      An [http://www.banshee-project.org/Plugins unofficial plugin] for the Banshee Player supports the store but needs to be got from subversion and compiled. There is also no guarantee it will work with changes to the itunes store. You can also use [http://www.codeweavers.com CodeWeavers' CrossOver Office] to install the Windows version of iTunes on Ubuntu. This will allow you to buy iTunes songs on Linux and listen to them.

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Adobe Flash

attachment:IconsPage/eyes.png Adobe's Flash Player is only available for i386-based machines, and ShockWave requires a rather complex installation. There are projects that are attempting to provide free support for Flash, and currently they are the only way to get Flash support for the PPC and AMD64 distributions of Ubuntu.

  • If you have problems (and solutions) using Flash, read [#flashtrouble Flash Troubleshooting] below.

  • Adobe has released Flash 9 for Linux beta. It works fine for me, so if you are anxious and willing to give it a try, go to [http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html]

  • Automated installation 
    • sudo aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree flashplayer-mozilla && mkdir /tmp/flash9 && cd /tmp/flash9 && wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer9_update/FP9_plugin_beta_112006.tar.gz && tar zxvf *.tar.gz && rm -rf *.tar.gz && cd * && sudo cp *.so /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/

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  • Flash for i386 architecture To add Adobe Flash support to Konqueror, mozilla, firefox, epiphany and other browsers, do the following:

    • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) and 5.10 (Breezy Badger) with standard Firefox installation

      • Install the package flashplugin-nonfree

      • If flash sound is not working in Ubuntu, run the following commands to setup the ESD environment: 
        • sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libesd.so.0 /usr/lib/libesd.so.1
ln -s /tmp/.esd-1000 /tmp/.esd
          • Note : the /tmp/.esd directory is cleared every time you reboot. If you add the second line to /etc/rc.local it will be executed everytime you start Ubuntu.
          • Note : The flashplugin-nonfree package still works in Dapper (installed on 2006-10-15 using Synaptic), the package simply asks the user if they wish to download the package from the Macromedia site and install it. flashplugin-nonfree was installed in Firefox and tested.

  • Note to users of non-Ubuntu versions of Firefox: If you are using Ubuntu 5.10 or prior and installed a non-Ubuntu version of FireFox 1.5.x (following the instructions on ["FirefoxNewVersion"] for example), you will need to make a new symlink for the flash plugin. To do so, invoke the following command: 

    • sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/*flash* /opt/firefox/plugins

  • Kubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

    • Install the package flashplugin-nonfree

    • Note to Kubuntu Users: Konqueror does not auto-detect Flash. There are a few steps you must take:

    • In the menu bar of konqueror, click "Settings" (next to Help) > "Configure Konqueror"

    • Scroll down the side to plugins
    • Click "Scan for new plugins"
    • Flash should now work with konqueror.

  • Flash for i386 manual install Sometimes the above method doesn't work for some people in which case you can manually install Flash. To do so:

    • Download Flash from [http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash the Flash web site].

    • Extact the .tar.gz file 
      • tar -zxf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz
    • For Konqueror:

      • Click Settings -> Configure Konqueror

      • Click "Plugins"
      • Where it says "Scan Folders" click "New" then enter the folder that was created when you extracted the .tar.gz file from the earler step.
      • Click "Scan for New Plugins"
      • Konqueror should then find a new plugin on the "Plugins" tab with the value "/some/directory/libflashplayer.so"
      • Click OK to finish installing Flash
    • For Firefox:
      • go to the directory you extracted to 
        • cd install_flash_player_7_linux/
      • start the installer 
        • sudo ./flashplayer-installer
      • press ENTER when it asks and enter the installation path for firefox, normally 
        • /usr/lib/firefox
      • press 'y' to proceed the installation and then 'n' when asked to perform another installation - that's it

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  • Flash for AMD64 and PPC

    • At present, there is no non-free flash implementation available for 64-bit processors (or Mac) because the manufacturer does not support them. However, there are two free implementations in the works. One is gnash and the other is swfdec. [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ Gnash], whilst still under development, aims to be a proper free, open source replacement for all the platforms. There is a repository hosting AMD64 Gnash packages at http://ubuntu.moshen.de/

      If you are determined, install a i386 Ubuntu in a DebootstrapChroot and launch your browser with flash plugin from there. Amd64 users can also see FirefoxAMD64FlashJava.

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  • Flash Troubleshooting

    • If Flash doesn't load in Firefox/Konqueror after doing the above, you can re-download the plugin from scratch by issuing the following: 
      sudo update-flashplugin

    • Sound

      • Symptoms:
        • Flash videos stop playing after 1 second.
        • Firefox freezes when going to another page after having tried to view a flash video.
        • The firefox process not correctly ending after having tried to view a flash video.
        Possible Fixes:
        • If the sound is not working properly after you installed flash or you experience one of the above symptoms, try one of the following solutions:

          • Install the alsa-oss package.

          • Edit the firefox rc script: 
            sudo nano /etc/firefox/firefoxrc
          • Add/Change line: 
            FIREFOX_DSP="aoss"

            • If you are using SwiftFox, you could make it working the same way as Firefox by patching the /usr/lib/swiftfox/run-mozilla.sh file. Here are the steps:

            • Save the following code to a file, let's call it swiftfox_oss_patch.diff 
              --- /usr/lib/swiftfox/run-mozilla.sh.orig       2006-08-23 16:19:43.000000000 +0300
+++ /usr/lib/swiftfox/run-mozilla.sh    2006-08-23 16:30:48.000000000 +0300
@@ -163,7 +163,30 @@
        ##
        ## Run the program
        ##
-       "$prog" ${1+"$@"}
+       if [ -f /etc/firefox/firefoxrc ]; then
+           . /etc/firefox/firefoxrc
+       fi
+       if [ -z "${FIREFOX_DSP}" ]; then
+           #FIREFOX_DSP="auto"
+           FIREFOX_DSP="none"
+           # esddsp is dreadful, see https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29760
+       fi
+       ##
+       ## find /dev/dsp handler
+       ##
+
+       if [ "${FIREFOX_DSP}" = "auto" ]; then
+           FIREFOX_DSP=
+           if pgrep -u         d -u esd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+               FIREFOX_DSP=esddsp
+           elif pgrep -u       d -u arts >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+               FIREFOX_DSP=artsdsp
+           fi
+       elif [ "${FIREFOX_DSP}" = "none" ]; then
+           FIREFOX_DSP=
+       fi
+
+       exec "${FIREFOX_DSP}" "$prog" ${1+"$@"}
        exitcode=$?
        if [ "$DEBUG_CORE_FILES" ]
        then
            • Apply the patch with the following command from your shell/console: 
              $ sudo patch -p0 <swiftfox_oss_patch.diff

            • This should get your SwiftFox reading the /etc/firefox/firefoxrc file the way it does for Firefox.

          • Restart firefox and try your flash test page again.

          If you're still having trouble, try installing libflash-mozplugin

    • Video

    • Fonts

      • If you are viewing a Flash video and you do not see any text, install the gsfonts and gsfonts-x11 packages.

For those who wish to read on Adobe's progress on a new version of Flash for Linux (which will have support for Ubuntu) see: http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/

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Adobe Shockwave

Please see ["Shockwave"]

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Sun Java

Please see ["Java"]

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Microsoft Fonts

To install Microsoft Core fonts you can do the following: 

 $ sudo aptitude install msttcorefonts

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Automated Installation

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Quick Installation

The line below lists all the packages from the [#short 'how to make it work quickly'] section above so you can use them on the command line with 'sudo aptitude install'

This requires that all the relevant repositories are enabled. So before you do the sudo aptitude install (...), go to System -- Administration -- Synaptic Package Manager -- Settings -- Repositories and then click Add. It's not sufficient to just click all the tickboxes next to all these channels listed on that screen: You have to actually click the Add button, and check the Community maintained (Universe) and Non-free (Multiverse) boxes.

Codec support 

gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gxine libxine-main1 libxine-extracodecs

For DVD playing 

gxine libxine-main1 libxine-extracodecs ogle ogle-gui

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See also

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CategoryDocumentation CategoryCleanup