rhythmbox

[ibanezjunkie]

any other linux people on thefret? ive got my laptop dual-booting ubuntu with vista. Now, the rhythmbox thing says i need a codec or something to play my media files.

anyone any idea where i can find one?

[marnold]

Yep, I use Slackware 12.2. I've never used Rhythmbox, but my guess would be that you need one of the binary codec packages available on the MPlayer site (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html).

[Eric]

any other linux people on thefret? ive got my laptop dual-booting ubuntu with vista. Now, the rhythmbox thing says i need a codec or something to play my media files.

anyone any idea where i can find one?

You're trying to play an mp3, I presume? The mp3 format has some copyright/licensing junk on it, so it's not installed by default, as Linux loves only open-source stuff (e.g. ogg vorbis) by default.

The mp3 codec (what translates the mp3 for the computer) is an add-on for rhythmbox and other audio players. I think that you should be able to solve it by going to a terminal window and typing the following:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Let me know if that works or does not work.