Can't get any sound from the Ubuntu music players. Have sound otherwise. Using Soundblaster Audigy. Thanks!

hello
you must install appropriate plugins before being able to play your music..
for mp3 support assuming you are using ubuntu 7.10 all you have to do is double click on an mp3 file from the file manager. The mp3 will be opened in the default player (being totem) and it will prompt you to download the necessary codecs. The download and installation happens automatically and you can sit back and relax. Once the codecs are installed your system is ready to play any mp3 file.

The following link may also help you out.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/MP3

To play other restricted formats in ubuntu like dvds flash movies quicktime etc you can refer this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

also as an alternative to rythmbox you can use mplayer..
MPlayer is a movie player which plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies..
in short it plays almost everything
To get mplayer on your system do:
To enable all the software repositories do
Go to system --> Preferences --> Software sources
Under the Ubuntu software sources check all the available boxes (Note: just in case if you want 3rd party softwares check everything)
Now all the software repositories enabled, in ubuntu 7.10..
and do sudo apt-get update
that should load all the repositories..
and then in a terminal type
sudo apt-get install mplayer
and see if it installs
For more info on enabling the repositories ref:
http://www.fsdaily.com/Beginners/How_to_enable_extra_repositories_in_Ubuntu_7-10_and_get_cool_stuff

Hope it helps

Bhavani Shankar.

hey.
I have the same problem and i did what you said but it didnt ask me to download anything so im assuming i have everything i need.

just to clarify, i have sound on my computer except on my music players such as rhythmbox and amarok.
my songs are the correct format. i have the newest version of ubuntu and everything is up to date.