I don't know much about computers. But a friend of mine installed Ubuntu 14.04 to try and I like it. But I can't play videos and music. Its says it needs MP3 codecs. How can I get them?
asked Sep 25, 2014 at 20:42
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Open a terminal Ctrl+Alt+T. Then type the following command (or copy-paste it):
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
This command will ask for your password. Note that when entering the password, you won't see anything printed in the terminal, neither letters, nor stars. Just enter it and hit Enter.
Afterwards the restricted codecs should be installed. I wonder why your friend didn't install them during setup.
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Should still work, according to other sources. Unfortunately I can't verify as I'm not using Ubuntu anymore. In my experience, the information on apps.ubuntu.com is not always that much up to date...– s3lphSep 13, 2016 at 15:20