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Sound card operation

  Date: Dec 03    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 473
  


As you may remember I have 10.04 loaded on my laptop, dual booting. I have
verified nearly everything working but the ability to play CD's or
listen to
audio files. I have Rhythmbox as the default, but I am having trouble
getting
it to work. I think it is operator error. I have done lshw and can see
the type
of hardware in use so I assume the correct driver is found and installed.
One thing, when I go to one of my saved to disk audio files and click on it
I get a message of error, and that something needs to be loaded, and
suggests
something called gkstreamer, at least if I remember right that is the
name, so
I did download and install, still doesn't work. So maybe there is
something else
I need to do.

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4 Answers Found

 
Answer #1    Answered On: Dec 03    

By default, I think you can only play .oog file types in Ubuntu (or whatever
other open source formats may be out there). You need to get the restricted
extras from the repositories before you can listen-to or play other
proprietary file types...

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Dec 03    

I guess in Snaptic then I search for restricted extras, or look for
Rhythmbox to see
what shows up.

 
Answer #3    Answered On: Dec 03    

I'm not sure about synaptic, when I did this I used "sudo apt-get install
ubuntu-restricted-extras"... check this page for more info:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
If I remember right, this will set you up for playing dvd's and have flash
and Java working in-browser as well as fixing the music issue. I do know it
is possible to just select codecs for mp3 player, and the next site suggests
a way to get that:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/mp3
But that method didn't work for me.

 
Answer #4    Answered On: Dec 03    

I did some Google searches today and found some blogs and other lists
did some reading and currently downloading the restricted extras right now.
Then will see if it works then.

 
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