Making Kubuntu 7.04 MultiMedia friendly - like Mint?

[shultzjr]

Just installed Kubuntu on a fairly fast clone. Now I would like all the multi media stuff to just work. What is the easiest way to do this? I have a dvd player and a dvd burner and I would like to be able to work with all the sound files and the movie formats and even an iPod. Perhaps an FAQ somewhere?

thanks,
charles.....

[enkrypt3d]

Re: Making Kubuntu 7.04 MultiMedia friendly - like Mint?

First, install firefox.

Open a terminal window and type:

apt-get update

(Be sure your /etc/apt/sources.list is updated with good sources)

Then,

apt-get install firefox

as root. Then install Automatix:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=190025

You can use this app to install codecs, flash plugins and other media players for Kubuntu. You can burn CDś/DVDś w/ K3B. You can listen to music w/ XMMS.

Here is a list of my /etc/apt/sources.list for your reference:

$ more /etc/apt/sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Release i386 (20070417)]/ feisty main restricted

deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Release i386 (20070417)]/ feisty main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main

########## END OF FILE #################

Good luck!