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sound alsa dmix audio	<reply> If you're having problems with sound, click the Volume applet, then Sound Preferences, and check your Volume, Hardware, Input, and Output settings. If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - https://alsa.opensrc.org/DmixPlugin - For playing audio files, see !players and !mp3.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:56:18 Last edited by hggdh Date: 2019-01-08 16:38:15 Requested 7310 times
players media players video players audio players totem totem-xine vlc banshee rhythmbox amarok media music players player exaile listen	<reply> Audio (Ogg, MP3...) players: Audacious, Banshee, Listen, Quod Libet, Rhythmbox, Exaile, XMMS2 (GTK/Gnome based) and Amarok, JuK (Qt/KDE based). Video players: Totem, Xine, MPlayer, VLC, Kaffeine - See also !codecs	Added by LjL Date: 2006-07-09 02:49:51 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-04-28 14:54:24 Requested 2369 times
sound-#kubuntu	<reply> If you're having problems with sound see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - For playing audio files, see !Players and !MP3	Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-09-14 19:14:50 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2009-11-21 20:21:54 Requested 1145 times
mplayer	<deleted>a media player. It resides in the mutiverse repository and can easily be installed via applications -> add/remove. For codecs try !codecs	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-07-20 02:44:28 Last edited by jussi Date: 2011-07-18 11:06:08 Requested 607 times
amarok	<alias> players	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-07-05 22:33:08 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2010-01-27 10:42:35 Requested 460 times
rockbox	an open source firmware replacement for audio players from Archos, iRiver, Apple (iPod), and iAudio. See http://www.rockbox.org/ to get started!	Added by Seveas Date: 2007-01-14 18:47:57 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-05-04 14:21:18 Requested 348 times
itunes	not available on Linux, but there are many audio player alternatives (see !players). For Daap clients (sharing music with other iTunes clients on the network), install banshee	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 21:42:50 Requested 333 times
teg	<deleted><reply> Come play teg with us! (Like the board game Risk.) Game will start when we get some players rounded up - get yourself set up and join quickly if you'd like to participate. Install the "teg" package, run 'tegclient', and connect to server home.tonyyarusso.com, , port 2000. Ping tonyyarusso for more info.	Added by Hobbsee Date: 2006-12-16 16:09:28 Last edited by dax Date: 2019-11-27 20:44:25 Requested 73 times
pronounce	<reply> To learn how to pronounce Ubuntu, point your movie player at /usr/share/example-content/Experience ubuntu.ogg	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 00:44:41 Last edited by Seveas Date: 2007-10-17 21:59:19 Requested 61 times
winamp	a windows music player. On Ubuntu you can use audacious as alternative.	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 10:59:28 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-09-30 13:25:34 Requested 53 times
grip	<deleted>a ripping player and has a minor bug which can be solved by doing this "sudo ln -s /dev/hdX /dev/cdromN" where X is your hard drive and N a number	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-17 22:23:16 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 19:14:54 Requested 45 times
songbird	<reply> Songbird is a media player based on Mozilla. Official Linux builds and support ended in April, 2010. Ubuntu installation instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Songbird	Added by LjL Date: 2009-04-12 19:44:15 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:47:46 Requested 38 times
cubuntu	<deleted>an unofficial command-line based Ubuntu derivative. It includes a browser, an email client, a media player and many other useful applications. For installation instructions, see http://alecjw.googlepages.com/cubuntu-commandlineubuntu	Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-28 21:34:32 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 19:39:24 Requested 27 times
gobby	multiplayer gedit	Added by Mez Date: 2009-03-03 20:18:24 Requested 14 times
get_iplayer	http://linuxcentre.net/get_iplayer/ a small perl script which can download content from BBC iPlayer and ITV catch up services.	Added by popey Date: 2009-04-05 22:23:20 Requested 5 times
iplayer	http://bbc.co.uk/iplayer - one brand name for multiple online TV, Radio and podcast streaming and download services from the BBC.	Added by popey Date: 2009-04-05 22:23:06 Requested 4 times
pronouce	point your movie player at /usr/share/examples/example-content/experience-ubuntu.ogg	Added by ompaul Date: 2007-07-07 19:15:34 Requested 3 times
mplayer-fonts	<reply> No fonts in mplayer? Try " sudo apt-get install mplayer-fonts " ( multiverse must be enabled see !repos ).	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-07-20 02:47:08 Requested 2 times
media players	<alias> players	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:43:15 Requested 0 times
video players	<alias> players	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 15:43:19 Requested 0 times
audio players	<alias> players	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:43:41 Requested 0 times
totem	<alias> players	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:31:40 Requested 0 times
totem-xine	<alias> players	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:43:14 Requested 0 times
vlc	<alias> players	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:43:32 Requested 0 times
banshee	<alias> players	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:43:36 Requested 0 times
rhythmbox	<alias> players	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 08:43:41 Requested 0 times
realplayer	<alias> codecs	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:23:02 Requested 0 times
flashplayer	<alias> codecs	Added by gnomefreak Date: 2006-07-06 19:21:52 Requested 0 times
media	<alias> players	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-07-09 02:45:15 Requested 0 times
music players	<alias> players	Added by tonyyarusso Date: 2007-01-23 00:24:47 Requested 0 times
player	<alias> players	Added by apokryphos Date: 2007-02-26 17:14:50 Requested 0 times
exaile	<alias> players	Added by LjL Date: 2007-10-02 23:35:35 Requested 0 times
listen	<alias> players	Added by Pici Date: 2007-10-25 17:19:07 Requested 0 times