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 Common codecs, plugins, programs, and encoding software that may require the acceptance of a further EULA* or pose distribution problems** in the country/province in which you reside. If you are having difficulty playing certain audio/video, or encountering problems with various websites with advanced features you may wish to install these packages.
Please see this WikiEntry for further legal information.
To install click the links for your preferred method of installation located below the LSI or AptUrl icons. Depending on your distribution you must enable either the Medibuntu Repositories or Debian 'Testing' Media Repos for the installation of certain packages from this page to function properly.
 | Ubuntu Restricted
Extras & Codecs
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| Specific packages which will solve most of the audio, video, and web problems involving Ubuntu based distros.
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| | ubuntu-restricted-extras** | Install restricted extras and software with further EULAs for Ubuntu Gnome. Includies nonfree media playback, java, flash, and microsoft core fonts. | | | | xubuntu-restricted-extras** | Install restricted extras and software with further EULAs for Xubuntu Xfce. Including non-free media playback, java, flash, and microsoft core fonts. | | | | kubuntu-restricted-extras** | Install restricted extras and software with further EULAs for Kubuntu Kde. Including non-free media playback, java, flash, and microsoft core fonts. | | |
 | GStreamer Media
Codecs & Plugins |
| If you are having trouble playing or recording audio and video formats install the below gstreamer codecs.
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| | gstreamer0.10-plugins-good | The set of preferred plugins, they are very good quality and released under the LGPL. However they may lack playback for certain restricted media formats. | | | | gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad | A set of plug-ins not up-to-par compared to the rest. They might closely approach good-quality plugins, but they lack something: perhaps a good code review, documentation, a set of tests, a real live maintainer, or actual wide use. | | | | gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly** | Contrary to name the ugly set are a set of good-quality plug-ins that are capable of most any process involving with audio/video. They might pose distribution problems due to playback of certain proprietary formats. | | | | gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg | Supports a large number of audio and video compression formats through the use of the FFmpeg library. Contains elements for decoding 90+ formats (AVI, MPEG, OGG, Matroska, ASF, etc) | | | | gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 | Allows the playback and decoding of the popular mpeg1 audio player III stream. | | | | gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mpegmux | Permits the muxing of MPEG2 streams. | | | | gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mpegdemux | Permits the demuxing of MPEG2 streams.
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 | DVD Playback
and Navigation
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| f you need to playback, navigate, read, or record commercial and video dvds, install the following library files.
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| | libdvdread3** | Authentication and descrambling library necessary for commercial dvds. | | | | libdvdcss2** | A library for accessing commercial DVDs without having to bother with decryption. | | | | libbdvdnav4 | Provides access to the adv features of DVDs, like menus, navigation, etc. | | |
 | Sun Java &
Adobe Flash
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| Having problems on websites with advanced features for video, audio, and games- then install the following programs.
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| | sun-java6-jre | Version 6 of JRE. This is necessary to run programs written for both the desktop and web in the Java programming language. | | | | sun-java5-jre | Version 5 of JRE. This is necessary to run programs written for both the desktop and web in the Java programming language. | | | | flashplugin-nonfree | A browser plug in adding capability for advanced website animations, audio, and video playback features.
Debian Users install here. | | | |
