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I'm trying to play a video which requires the above mentioned plugins. I've looked at a few answers on this topic here but it hasn't resolved the issue for me.

What I've tried until now :

  1. sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras ... But this one's having some issues and skipping downloading some packages... so the whole thing doesn't get downloaded completely.

  2. I've tried sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main universe restricted multiverse" to add the above repositories to the ubuntu's source.list for download places but it hasn't helped.

Anyone knows what else can I try to get this working?

David Foerster
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You will have to download codecs. To install the proprietary codecs type the following in a terminal window.

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse

Once you have installed these codecs you will be able to play nearly any audio/video format.

I also recommend you to Upgrade to 12.04 LTS.

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