====== Ubuntu - Video - Install multimedia codecs ======

<WRAP todo>
TODO:  Check this is still working...
</WRAP>

Codecs, is an important element when we are talking about playing and watching multimedia files. 

Download the codecs source from [[http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20061022.tar.bz2|here]] which is from the mplayer team.

Extract the downloaded archive.

<code bash>
tar -xvjf all-20061022.tar.bz2
</code>

Make 2 directories if they are not already exist.

<code bash>
mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs
mkdir /usr/lib/win32
</code>

Copy the content of the extracted directory to the newly created directory:

<code bash>
cp all-20061022/* /usr/local/lib/codecs
cp all-20061022/* /usr/lib/win32
</code>


Change the permission of the directories to 755

<code bash>
chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs
chmod 755 /usr/lib/win32
</code>


Test it by playing any video with your favorite media player.

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===== References =====

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20061022.tar.bz2