Linux is famous for its open-source nature, but sometimes you just need to use proprietary drivers or codecs. Here's how to do so on many of the top Linux distros. A typical Linux system is largely ...

Considering Windows 7 covers almost all the codecs and containers out there, is there a need to install Shark 007 codecs? I have installed Divx Plus codecs for MKV playback in media player so I'm ...

1. The easiest way is to choose to add these extras when you install Ubuntu 12.04. Watch for the screen that asks you if you want to add third party codecs and download updates while Ubuntu 12.04 is ...

The word Codec is an acronym of the words compressor and decompressor. Codecs are a program that compresses a video and later helps to decode it. So if you receive an ...

Install Real Player 8 or 9 for linux and it should work. That all depends on mplayer being compiled to use those codecs and libraries. If support wasn't compiled in, you can't play it ... which is ...

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