Play Movies & MP3 songs in Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu is the most emerging open source desktop level operating system. In Ubuntu linux we have different multimedia softwares like MPlayer, VLC & Audacious that can play movies & mp3 . In this post we will discuss how to install these multimedia software in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 14.10.

Synaptic doesn’t come installed by default in Ubuntu so let’s first install “Synaptic Package Manager”, Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal and enter “sudo apt-get install synaptic” to install synaptic

Installation of Gnome MPlayer :

Method :1 Using Synaptic Package Manager .

Access the Synaptic Package Manager

click on Synaptic Package Manager

Search for gnome-mplayer as shown below .

Select gnome-mpalyer & click on ‘Mark for installation‘ and then click on Apply.

Method:2 Installation from the Command Line

Open the terminal , type the below apt-get command.

$ sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer

Now Access Mplayer :

Click on GNOME MPlayer & Play your movies

Installation of VLC Player :

Method:1 Using Synaptic Manager

Open the Synaptic Package Manager , search VLC

Select vlc , click on ‘Mark for Installation’ then click on apply.

Method:2 Installation from the Command Line

Open the terminal use below apt-get command.

$ sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse

Once the Installation is completed , Now Access VLC

Click on VLC media player & play your favourite movies

Installation of Audacious – MP3 Player

Audacious is a audio player(MP3 Player) in ubuntu linux which supports Winamp skins and many codecs. In the default install, the following codecs are supported:

• MP3
• Ogg Vorbis / Theora
• AAC and AAC+
• FLAC
• ALAC
• Windows Media (WMA)
• WAVE

Installation from Synaptic:

Select audacious and Click on ‘Mark for Installation’ & then click on Apply.

Installation from the Command Line :

Open the Terminal and use below apt-get command

$ sudo apt-get install audacious

After the installation, now access Audacious :

Click on Audacious and play your favourite songs