Help with Ubuntu - linux

[nickfrp]

how do i get AAC and MP3s to play through any of the media players???

its doing my head sin

Sonbird doesnt play them either

[Plotloss]

mp3s should play out of the box.

sudo apt-get install vlc

or

sudo apt-get install xmms

Should install a player and the codec packs if they arent already installed...

[sneakyneil]

I wouldnt bother with Rythmbox, its a bit of a faff to use!

eta, Realplayer is usefull to have too, think it's listed as helix player in the package manager.

Edited by sneakyneil on Wednesday 17th January 12:53

[nickfrp]

Plotloss said:

mp3s should play out of the box.

sudo apt-get install vlc

or

sudo apt-get install xmms

Should install a player and the codec packs if they arent already installed...

i have installed Vic, are these the codecs? xmms i read somewhere is a player but isn very good. any experience with it plotless?

thanks

[Plotloss]

The vlc package will have dependancies, one of these I believe is the mp3 package.

xmms as I remember is the linux implementation of winamp but coded by the open source community rather than nullsoft.

I've not used xmms but fiddled with xmms2

The one that I use the most was mpd as its a daemon with loads of different front ends.

[nickfrp]

cool

im only starting to see the ins and outs of Ubuntu and im prity impressed. i got stuck when i thought i found a codec to play aac files which i downloaded only to find a read me to tell me to make a package out of it

WTF... package.. you lazy bugger why couldnt you have done that.. oh well hope vic has done it

Thanks otherise il be abck with more Q's

[nickfrp]

as i have installed Vic will the codecs run on all the media players?

[Plotloss]

should do, if they are there they are there.

Whats confusing is that on fresh install Totem should play mp3 files.

[nickfrp]

AmarkoK didnt work with the files still.

so now im installing XMMS now to give that a go
Thanks

[nickfrp]

ok XMMS worked... im happy.
THANSK VERY MUCH


now another pop

does XMMS have an ipod extension so i can upload and or sync my pod?

Edited by nickfrp on Wednesday 17th January 13:28

[Plotloss]

Dunno to be honest, dont have an iPod

However, as OSX is Linux + some other stuff then there must be a Linux distro version of iTunes.

[zumbruk]

Plotloss said:

Dunno to be honest, dont have an iPod

However, as OSX is Linux + some other stuff then there must be a Linux distro version of iTunes.

Err, OSX has very little to do with Linux. The kernel is based on the MACH microkernel, with the BSD sub-system incorporated;

www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_xnu.html

Many Linux utililities have been ported, but that no more makes OSX into Linux than it does my Sun, which also runs XMMS....