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how to install music file plugins and flash plug in

Asked by Dave Nash

well starting today my windows quit working (except on safe mode. blue screen of death argh!!!) but the ubuntu witch was installed over a week ago starting working (kept getting the i915 did not install) but previously would not. now that all have left is ubuntu im trying to watch videos and listen to music through them. but i have plug in issues with both. im not real linux savy yet so i don't know where to run the commands for these plug ins. i have a hp pavilion dv7 laptop that i am running. cant watch videos due to a flash plug in and cant listen to audio files due to andn mp3 plug in. can any one help with these plug ins. or is there any non-video tutorials or other how to's that can get a dumb ass like me around this opperating system.

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Dave Nash (nash-innovations) said : 		#1

also i downloaded and installed the xubuntu version that did not need to be burned to a cd or mounted on a drive

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Run:

sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Should install what you need.

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#3

It would help to know which version of Ubuntu, you have installed. Also how installed, side by side, inside windows wubi, or another method. How did you load, did you use live CD? Also did you install Ubuntu restricted extras from Ubundu Software Center? What video player or CD player are you using. Many to select in Ubuntu Software Center.

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#4

@ ActionParsnip your answer was not showing, when i answered. Sorry

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Dave Nash (nash-innovations) said : 		#5

Playing error : Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in. at /usr/bin/../share/gmusicbrowser/gmusicbrowser_gstreamer-0.10.pm line 135.

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Dave Nash (nash-innovations) said : 		#6

actionparsnip that worked for the flash player. thank you. can you reccomend anything for the music issue. im trying to play mjusic through my host file downloads folder (mp3) and also from a c.d. and it keeps telling me i need a plug-in for both gmusic and parole.

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Jacobsallan (jacobsallan) said : 		#7

One likely solution is to run two commands from the command line:
% sudo apt-get install gmusicbrowser
% sudo apt-get install parole

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Dave Nash (nash-innovations) said : 		#8

jacobsallan, from the terminal it says that there is no such job when trying to run the above codes

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Jacobsallan (jacobsallan) said : 		#9

Did you type the percent '%' into the terminal. Leave that out -- it's meant to indicate a command line prompt.

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Jussi (aholjus) said : 		#10

I have the exact same problem and almost the exact same plaptop too :) Tried the codes but says the same thing. no such job.

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Jussi (aholjus) said : 		#11

Oh, hey what do you know, i found that if you just change the audio settings in gmusic from gstreamer to mplayer, you're done. My music started playing anyways :) Hope this helps !

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Jussi (aholjus) said : 		#12

ah, sorry for tripleposting, but i got a strange problem trying to use the code from actionparsnip for the video codec problem. it's asking for my password, but i can't type it in for some reason. ?

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enubuntu (mr.tennents) said : 		#13

The password is hidden for secutiry reasons, just type it and press enter when the terminal asks for it.

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