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To setup your ubuntu 10.04 lucid lynx for multimedia see my post: How to make Ubnutu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Multimedia Ready

Here's is a guide to install VLC using motumedia ppa. To install VLC, you will need to install the medibuntu-keyring, w32codecs and libdvdcss2. For that open a terminal and type the following. $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 2EBC26B60C5A2783 $ sudo apt-get update  $ sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install w32codecs $ sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 Now add the motumedia GPG key. $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C5D7718106438B87 Now add this line to your repository. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/motumedia/ppa/ubuntu lucid main Go to System->Administration->Software Sources and select the Third-Party Software tab then click the Add button and add the line there. Now install VLC and its moxilla-plugin $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install vlc mozilla-plugin-vlc $ sudo atp-get upgrade

Most current video multimedia players play many video formats, including the Flash video .flv format. MPlayer Multimedia Player Mplayer is a video player with a wide range of formats supported (including RealMedia and Windows-codecs) and a wide variety of outputs. sudo apt-get install mplayer SMPlayer SMPlayer is an enhanced frontend for MPlayer. sudo apt-get install smplayer Dump a video stream to disc You can dump a video stream to disc using Mplayer: mplayer -dumpstream streamurl VLC Multimedia Player VLC is a cross-platform multimedia player that supports many formats without need for additional codecs. It can not only receive video streams (also see here to convert it to mp4), but can act as a server for video streams, as well. It is one of the only players that can view and backup almost any DVD format, no matter which copy protection is used. See these tips for using VLC to backup/rip encrypted DVDs. sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse VLC plugins There ...

This tutorial will show how to compile and install the latest VLC from source in Debian Lenny in several steps. The current version at the time of writing is VLC 1.0.1, so the tutorial should work successfully for it. 1. Install the development packages As root, type the following two commands: $ apt-get install build-essential $ apt-get install libassa3.5-5-dev libv4l-ruby1.8 debhelper dh-buildinfo gettext quilt nasm yasm libxul-dev liba52-0.7.4-dev libaa1-dev libasound2-dev libcaca-dev libcdio-dev libdca-dev libdvbpsi4-dev libaudiofile-dev libavahi-client-dev libavcodec-dev libdvdnav-dev libdvdread-dev libesd0-dev libfaad-dev libflac-dev libfreetype6-dev libfribidi-dev libggi2-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglib2.0-0 libgnutls-dev libhal-dev libid3tag0-dev libidl0 libimlib2-dev libjack-dev liblircclient-dev liblivemedia-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libmad0-dev libmatroska-dev libmodplug-dev libmpcdec-dev libmpeg2-4-dev libncursesw5-dev libnotify-dev libogg-dev libpng12-dev libpostproc-dev libpulse-...