CodecSupport
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Packages affected:
Summary
Ubuntu Media Center should provide a huge codec support in order to be able to play most of the existing media formats.
Implementation
Ubuntu Feisty will come with a package called ubuntu-restricted-extras which installs main non-free codecs (multiverse repository). This package should be included by default in Ubuntu Media Center.
Codecs
The following table shows the audio and video codecs supported by UMC.
Audio Codecs
Codec name
Free
Proprietary
[https://shop.fluendo.com/ Commercial]
AIF
Apple Loseless
Flac
Monkey
MP2
MP3
MPC
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg_Vorbis Ogg Vorbis]
WAV
WMA
Video Codecs
Codec name
Free
Proprietary
[https://shop.fluendo.com/ Commercial]
DivX-AAC
H263-AAC (3GP)
H264-AAC (MP4)
H264-AAC (MOV)
MPEG4-AAC (MP4)
MPEG-2/AC3
MPEG-2/MP3
MPEG-4/AAC
MPEG-2/AC3 (VOB)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora Ogg Theora]
WMV
XviD-AAC
Xvid
DivX