Comprehensive Multimedia & Video Howto

[Lalapalooza]

Are you running Debian? Medibuntu is for Ubuntu Family distros, you want debian-multimedia.org and its key. Also, Debian uses "su" and not "sudo".

http://www.debian-multimedia.org/

Nathan

Sorry, I'm really new at this. I thought Debian was part of Ubuntu 8.04 (this isn't a Ubuntu Family distro??). Do I need to unintall what might have been installed or just leave as is?

I'm trying to find out how to get sound from 4 speakers (instead of just two) but nothing is working! Thought this might help.

Thanks!

[ubuntu-freak]

Sorry, I'm really new at this. I thought Debian was part of Ubuntu 8.04 (this isn't a Ubuntu Family distro??). Do I need to unintall what might have been installed or just leave as is?

I'm trying to find out how to get sound from 4 speakers (instead of just two) but nothing is working! Thought this might help.

Thanks!

Ubuntu is based on Debian, similar to how XP was based on NT. There are differences between Debian and Ubuntu and Ubuntu is easier for those new to Linux. Debian has it's own sources for downloading software also, that's why you received the error.

Have you enabled multimedia? Can you play all video and audio formats? Try the following section of Ubuntu forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay...ysprune=&f=161

Or you can try the Debian forums themselves, just explain that you're very new to Linux.

Nathan

[Lalapalooza]

Ubuntu is based on Debian, similar to how XP was based on NT. There are differences between Debian and Ubuntu and Ubuntu is easier for those new to Linux. Debian has it's own sources for downloading software also, that's why you received the error.

Have you enabled multimedia? Can you play all video and audio formats? Try the following section of Ubuntu forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay...ysprune=&f=161

Or you can try the Debian forums themselves, just explain that you're very new to Linux.

Nathan

OK, I think I've confused both of us - I do not use Debian, only Ubuntu. That brings me back to where that error about the missing key (with "debian" in the line) came from.

Thanks for your patience!

[ubuntu-freak]

Sorry, I'm really new at this. I thought Debian was part of Ubuntu 8.04 (this isn't a Ubuntu Family distro??). Do I need to unintall what might have been installed or just leave as is?

I'm trying to find out how to get sound from 4 speakers (instead of just two) but nothing is working! Thought this might help.

Thanks!

OK, I think I've confused both of us - I do not use Debian, only Ubuntu. That brings me back to where that error about the missing key (with "debian" in the line) came from.

Thanks for your patience!

Well, did you add a Debian Etch repository? Have a look in:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Delete any Debian repos and then apt-get update again.

Nathan

[Lalapalooza]

Well, did you add a Debian Etch repository? Have a look in:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Delete any Debian repos and then apt-get update again.

Nathan

Well now, that is very very possible! I'll have to check when I get home from work.

[Lalapalooza]

Well, did you add a Debian Etch repository? Have a look in:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Delete any Debian repos and then apt-get update again.

Nathan

This opens up a source list with most of it beginning with "deb." I just delete everything listed???

[ubuntu-freak]

This opens up a source list with most of it beginning with "deb." I just delete everything listed???

No, that's normal. Does any line mention Debian or Etch?

Nathan

[Lalapalooza]

No, that's normal. Does any line mention Debian or Etch?

Nathan

The very last line:
deb http://ftp.debian.org etch main

[ubuntu-freak]

The very last line:
deb http://ftp.debian.org etch main

Haha that's the one. You should be okay now.

Regarding your speakers, Hardy uses the PulseAudio sound server by default, which I've read can be a pain (for now) with multiple speakers. You may have more luck with ALSA, which you can select in System > Preferences > Sound, instead of Auto Detect. You may have to tell non-GNOME applications (VLC, MPlayer for example) that you're now using ALSA. You can do that in their preferences.

You may need to reboot.

Nathan

[roc320]

Hello everyone, I'm a newbie to the Ubuntu world, I have version 8.04 installed and it's a great OS as of far.

My question is regarding the post I tried to install the java but it keeps going to an sun agreement page inside the console. I tried to view videos at youtube, but I'm having no success. Is there any commands I can run to check if the flash and the java components have been installed properly. Thanks alot