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=Installing from the Command Line= | =Installing from the Command Line= | ||
| + | The following method is accomplished from the Kubuntu desktop. Stop LinuxMCE entirely and bring up the Kubuntu desktop. | ||
| − | + | The following instructions have changed in recent versions of Kubuntu. | |
| − | + | From the Konsole command terminal (K--> System --> Konsole), use | |
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras | sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras | ||
| − | + | to install multiple restricted drivers at once. For more info see the [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats Restricted Formats] section of the Ubuntu documentation. | |
==Playing DVDs== | ==Playing DVDs== | ||
| + | ''Note: These instructions have been superseded by the instructions above. these are provided for legacy reference only.'' | ||
Most commercial DVDs are encrypted with CSS (the Content Scrambling System), which attempts to restrict the software that can play a DVD. | Most commercial DVDs are encrypted with CSS (the Content Scrambling System), which attempts to restrict the software that can play a DVD. | ||
By installing the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss libdvdcss2]'' package you can play encrypted DVDs. To get it installed (<i>but see caveat above</i>) you need to follow these steps: | By installing the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss libdvdcss2]'' package you can play encrypted DVDs. To get it installed (<i>but see caveat above</i>) you need to follow these steps: | ||
| − | *Open a terminal by | + | *Open a Konsole terminal by K--> System --> Konsole from the Kubuntu desktop, or by pressing CTRL+ALT+F1. |
*Type this set of commands: | *Type this set of commands: | ||
sudo apt-get install -y libdvdread3 | sudo apt-get install -y libdvdread3 | ||
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh | sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh | ||
| − | If invoked the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 from the | + | If invoked the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 from the Kubuntu desktop, go back to it by pressing Alt+F7. If you reached it from within LinuxMCE, go back to it by pressing Alt+F11. |
Optionally, there is an add software tab in the 'Media Director' portion of the setup wizard, which usually lets you add libdvdcss entirely within LinuxMCE using only the remote control. We say 'usually' because LinuxMCE doesn't include this software since it's not legal in all areas. This software appears only if the add software wizard was able to locate this software by doing a google search. | Optionally, there is an add software tab in the 'Media Director' portion of the setup wizard, which usually lets you add libdvdcss entirely within LinuxMCE using only the remote control. We say 'usually' because LinuxMCE doesn't include this software since it's not legal in all areas. This software appears only if the add software wizard was able to locate this software by doing a google search. | ||
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==Playing WMV, WMA, and RealPlayer formats== | ==Playing WMV, WMA, and RealPlayer formats== | ||
| − | + | ''Note: These instructions have been superseded by the instructions above. these are provided for legacy reference only.'' | |
Support for WMV, RealMedia and other formats has been bundled into the w32codecs package. This package is not available from the Ubuntu repositories and is not supported by Ubuntu, due to licensing and legal restrictions. (<i>But see caveat above.</I>) However, the package can be downloaded from debian-multimedia.org: | Support for WMV, RealMedia and other formats has been bundled into the w32codecs package. This package is not available from the Ubuntu repositories and is not supported by Ubuntu, due to licensing and legal restrictions. (<i>But see caveat above.</I>) However, the package can be downloaded from debian-multimedia.org: | ||
Revision as of 22:18, 24 May 2008
Installing from the Admin page
This is the easiest method. It is done after installation has been completed.
- LinuxMCE Admin Website-->Advanced-->Software.
- "Update software list".
- "Add software on which computer?"-->Choose Core.
- Click on the "install" buttons next to libdvdcss and w64codecs (or w32codecs if your are using a 32-bit system).
- Reload the menu to confirm the software has been installed (otherwise it says "installing" forever).
Installing from the Command Line
The following method is accomplished from the Kubuntu desktop. Stop LinuxMCE entirely and bring up the Kubuntu desktop.
The following instructions have changed in recent versions of Kubuntu. From the Konsole command terminal (K--> System --> Konsole), use
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras
to install multiple restricted drivers at once. For more info see the Restricted Formats section of the Ubuntu documentation.
Playing DVDs
Note: These instructions have been superseded by the instructions above. these are provided for legacy reference only. Most commercial DVDs are encrypted with CSS (the Content Scrambling System), which attempts to restrict the software that can play a DVD. By installing the libdvdcss2 package you can play encrypted DVDs. To get it installed (but see caveat above) you need to follow these steps:
- Open a Konsole terminal by K--> System --> Konsole from the Kubuntu desktop, or by pressing CTRL+ALT+F1.
- Type this set of commands:
sudo apt-get install -y libdvdread3 sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
If invoked the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 from the Kubuntu desktop, go back to it by pressing Alt+F7. If you reached it from within LinuxMCE, go back to it by pressing Alt+F11.
Optionally, there is an add software tab in the 'Media Director' portion of the setup wizard, which usually lets you add libdvdcss entirely within LinuxMCE using only the remote control. We say 'usually' because LinuxMCE doesn't include this software since it's not legal in all areas. This software appears only if the add software wizard was able to locate this software by doing a google search.
- Insert a Video DVD in the LinuxMCE drive to test it.
Playing WMV, WMA, and RealPlayer formats
Note: These instructions have been superseded by the instructions above. these are provided for legacy reference only. Support for WMV, RealMedia and other formats has been bundled into the w32codecs package. This package is not available from the Ubuntu repositories and is not supported by Ubuntu, due to licensing and legal restrictions. (But see caveat above.) However, the package can be downloaded from debian-multimedia.org:
wget -c http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20071007-0.1_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i w32codecs_20071007-0.1_i386.deb
- Note: The w32codecs package from the Debian repositories have been tested and work with Ubuntu systems. However not all Debian packages work correctly with Ubuntu. For your safety do not add the Debian repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list
- WMV files encoded with DRM (Digital Rights Management) cannot be played with this package.
- If you are experiencing choppy audio while playing WMV files, try [the fix described here].
- If you still cannot play WMV files after installing w32codecs, try [the method suggested here].
