pradeep reddy wrote: > how can i play movies > Press play. Seriously though, try to be a bit more specific =) If nothing works, try installing xine and play through that maybe? Xine works nicely for me - in fact the only player that seems to work on ubuntu (again, for me). There are other players as well, Mplayer, Vlc and whatnot that you can try. Cheers, Mats