[ubuntu-uk] DVD & sound

[Tom Bamford]

davisjo wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>  
>                   I have tried to play a DVD and also a film on the 
> hard drive but alas no sound.
> I have downloaded most of the video players and selected all sources 
> to include all the codecs but still no sound.
>  
> If I remember right, out teacher enabled the codecs via the terminal 
> and a "build all" routine but have forgotten how to do it.
>  
> Can anyone help please ?
>  
> Also I have used Amule to download some music and saved it to a folder 
> on the desktop. The music downloads and I clear the completed and then 
> cannot find the files. I downloaded Amorok and enabled all the folders 
> to search for music but it did not find any. I know it is there 
> because people are uploading from me. Is there a way I can find it and 
> also is it an issue with mp 3 codecs ?
>  
> Best wishes for the New year to All,
>  
>  
> John

Hello John,

I would suggest you take a look at the Medibuntu repository for 
additional dvd stuff not included in Ubuntu. There are instructions and 
a package list at http://medibuntu.org/. Just add the repo as a new apt 
source and reload Synaptic.

I think once you have the ffmpeg, libdvdcss and libdvdnav packages you 
will be able to play dvd movie discs. The gstreamer-0.10* plugins and 
the w32codecs package will cater for other filetypes such as .wmv. 
Amarok uses the xine engine as opposed to the gstreamer engine used by 
the Gnome media players, I think a search for 'xine' in Synaptic will 
show you all the relevant packages.

On my machine aMule saves files to the /home/me/.aMule/Incoming 
directory which is hidden by default. You can make a symlink to this on 
your desktop by right-dragging the directory icon to your desktop.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Tom

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