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A now defunct package repository that contained restricted media software and codecs.

Medibuntu

The repository was taken offline in 2013 with the following announcement:

The end of Medibuntu

Medibuntu is going down.

The project is not really needed nowadays, except for one package: libdvdcss. This package is now maintained by Jonathan Riddell at Blue Systems. It is available in a repository hosted by VideoLAN. [...]

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The Medibuntu Project has come to an end - what do I do now?

The Medibuntu Project has come to an end: what do I do now? How do I find packages on my system which came from medibuntu? The previous question seems to list medibuntu packages explicitly - is there a way to query the package database by the…
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Medibuntu vs Fluendo

Can someone describe the difference between the codecs in the Medibuntu Repository versus buying the Fluendo codecs? Are they the same? Does one have better quality etc? My Dell Mini originally came with Fluendo installed, but I have since upgraded…
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How can I read every DVD, even if encrypted by CSS or other?

I sometimes want to use my computer as a DVD-player. Unfortunately I know that I will often have to cope with encrypted DVDs, for example with CSS. Therefore I installed the libdvdcss2 library from Medibuntu. But from now on, how can I be sure I…
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Difference between Medibuntu end Multiverse repository?

What are the differences of the Packages: libavcodec-extra-52, libavformat-extra-52, libavdevice-extra-52, libswscale-extra-0 in the Medibuntu and Multiverse repository?
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How to remove medibuntu repository and packages?

I followed directions to add medibuntu but it has messed up some codecs and dependencies so I can no longer watch videos I have run this command, originated by a forum post: sean@sean-P55-USB3:~$ sudo -E wget…
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Is Medibuntu needed - or even desirable?

Recently I started having a problem when checking for updates: the process stalled for several minutes while connecting to the medibuntu site. This happened every time. (Mysteriously, this only happened on one of my two computers.) Getting tired…
Kelley
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Is it possible to play imm4-codec videos?

Is it possible to watch imm4 codec encoded videos in Ubuntu?
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Any new way to install w32codecs / w64codecs through apt-get?

I'm making a customized ubuntu system. We used to add medibuntu repository in order to let users install w32codecs / w64codecs. However medibuntu is closed now. (http://medibuntu.org). Would anyone please tell me where I can find a new way to…
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How do I install a specific video codec in Ubuntu?

Before you ask, yes, I've installed Medibuntu. This codec is not in that pack--specifically I am trying to install SCLS.dll, which stands for Screen Capture Lossless Codec, a codec that works with CamStudio's desktop recording software. It works…
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Medibuntu 'Bad Gateway' Connection Failure

I'm attempting to make DVDs playable using the community docs suggested command sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh. This consistently returns the following failure: --2013-07-14 15:29:38-- …
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Can't play .wmv files after attempting to add DVD playback from medibuntu

i cannot see video with "movie player", "GNOME video" OR with "VLC media player" ... or in any browser .. ANnyone have any guesses??
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Installing medibuntu fails

Possible Duplicate: How do I fix the GPG error “NO_PUBKEY”? I'm trying to install Medibuntu following the instructions from Medibuntu site, I paste in the terminal: sudo -E wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list…
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Software Center is not opening, and sudo apt-get update is not working

I got the following error when trying to run sudo apt-get update in Ubuntu 16.04. predator@kmb:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for predator: E: Type '
cherry charan
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Failed to load session 'unity 2-d'

When logging in Ubuntu 12.04 it says "Failed to load session 'unity 2-d'" and there is only an option to log out... Now the problem occurred when I was fixing a simple medibuntu problem, after some exploring I came down to simply removing the…
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How to install opencv?

I am trying to learn image processing and obviously opencv is one of the best options. Usually synaptic does all my installing work for me so I just checked the repos. But in the repos there is only on libcv1 and it is listed as 1.0.0-6.2ubuntu1.…
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