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Ubuntu Gutsy W32Codecs and W64Codecs

Posted on October 28, 2007 by nseidm1.
Categories: Feisty, Gutsy Gibbon, apt, libdvdcss2, ubuntu, w32codecs, w64codecs.

At medibuntu they offer a repository with two important codecs required to play most media and DVD files. The W32Codes is for 32 bit Linux systems, and the W64Codecs is for 64 bit systems. Libdvdcss2 is for DVD playback. Simply add the proper repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file, also add the gpg key, hit a quick sudo apt-get update, and your ready to install your much sought after media codecs.

For Feisty run the following in a command window:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/feisty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

For Gutsy Gibbon run in a command window:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Then add the gpg key with the following command:

wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

Note that this command will also update your apt system, then all you have to do is install the codecs:

sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2

or:

sudo apt-get install w64codecs libdvdcss2

15 comments.

Comment on November 4th, 2007.

Yeah yeah thanks! I thought I had medibuntu but apparently not, thanks for making this work.

pascho
Comment on November 9th, 2007.

thank you so much
this helps alot

Andrei
Comment on November 12th, 2007.

many thanks :)

Ellery
Comment on November 17th, 2007.

Thanks for your kind effort.

dang
Comment on November 24th, 2007.

NICEEE, WOOT WOOT it WORKS!!! hahah thanks man =)

Bergi
Comment on November 25th, 2007.

Many thanks !

vesselin
Comment on December 15th, 2007.

Thanx a lot! It solved pretty much all the problems….but 1 for me :( There is this Bulgarian TV channels site that streams pretty much all BG TV, but it won’t play under Ubuntu :( Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

vess

Comment on December 24th, 2007.

Thanks a lot!

Jo
Comment on February 7th, 2008.

much thanks :)

Terri
Comment on March 20th, 2008.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

nicalalise
Comment on March 27th, 2008.

thank you so much guys !!!!!! Merci les gars

patta
Comment on May 25th, 2008.

Great post!

Comment on September 18th, 2008.

Super ! THANKs :)

lonng-go
Comment on October 19th, 2008.

Thanks!

Denis
Comment on June 8th, 2009.

Thanks for the site, I was able to get the codecs I needed.

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