mp3 support with rhythmbox

Ubuntu’s “Music Player” is Rhythmbox and does not come with mp3 support by default. I noticed this when I tried to load all my mp3s into it 🙂
Rectifying this situation is very simple:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins
Problem solved – thank you Google

By Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and CEO of Irish hosting provider and domain name registrar Blacknight.

50 comments

  1. I tried this method but received the following message:
    frank@ubuntunick:~$ sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins
    Password:
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree… Done
    Package gstreamer0.8-plugins is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source
    E: Package gstreamer0.8-plugins has no installation candidate
    I have just installed ubuntu 5.10 and performed an upgrade. Can someone help?
    Thanks.

  2. Heree’s what I get with apt-cache search gstreamer:
    frank@ubuntunick:~$ apt-cache search gstreamer
    gnome-media – The GNOME Media Utilities
    python-gst – generic media-playing framework (Python bindings)
    gstreamer0.8-tools – Tools for use with GStreamer
    libgstreamer0.8-0 – Core GStreamer libraries, plugins, and utilities
    amarok – versatile and easy to use audio player for KDE
    amarok-gstreamer – GStreamer engine for the amaroK audio player
    gstreamer0.8-aa – AA-lib plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-alsa – ALSA plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-artsd – aRtsd plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-audiofile – AudioFile plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-caca – Colour AsCii Art library plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-cdparanoia – cdparanoia plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-doc – GStreamer documentation
    gstreamer0.8-dv – DV plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-dvd – DVD plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-esd – Enlightened Sound Daemon plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-festival – Festival speech synthesis plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-flac – FLAC plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-gnomevfs – Gnome VFS plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-gsm – GSM plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-hermes – colorspace conversion plugin for GStreamer based on hermesgstreamer0.8-jack – JACK plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-jpeg – JPEG plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-mikmod – MikMod decoder plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-misc – Collection of various GStreamer plugins
    gstreamer0.8-musepack – Musepack (MPC) audio decoder plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-oss – OSS plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-plugin-apps – Simple GStreamer applications
    gstreamer0.8-sdl – SDL videosink plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-sid – C64 SID decoder plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-speex – Speex plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-theora – Theora plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-vorbis – Vorbis plugin for GStreamer
    gstreamer0.8-x – X videosink plugin for GStreamer
    juk – music organizer and player for KDE
    kaffeine-gstreamer – gstreamer engine for kaffeine media player
    libglib-cil – CLI binding for the GLib utility library
    libgstreamer-gconf0.8-0 – GConf support for GStreamer
    libgstreamer-gconf0.8-dev – Development files for GConf support for GStreamer
    libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 – Various GStreamer libraries and library plugins
    libgstreamer-plugins0.8-dev – Development files for various GStreamer library and library plugins
    libgstreamer0.8-dev – GStreamer development libraries and headers
    serpentine – an application for mastering audio CD
    totem-gstreamer – A simple media player for the Gnome desktop based on gstreamerfrank@ubuntunick:~$
    Sorry to be a pain, i’m a newbie.

  3. Hi!
    To be sure, enter all the following commands in root (the commands are between the “[]”) …
    [su]
    (enter the root’s password)
    [echo -e “deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe\ndeb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse\ndeb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe\ndeb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse\ndeb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe\ndeb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse\ndeb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe\ndeb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse” > /etc/apt/sources.list]
    This is a little bit long but it will automatically add the sources you need in your file /etc/apt/sources.list.
    Next, you’ll have to update “apt” by doing
    [apt-get update]
    Then you will be able to give this command :
    [sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins]
    without problem (normally ;-))
    There are also others players if you want : VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) and MOC [Music On Console] (http://moc.daper.net/about)
    Hope this helps (and sorry for my bad english) 🙂
    Enjoy !

  4. ssssseb
    Handy 🙂
    One thing though.. You would normally use the nearest server to you, so you’ve set that to use a Canadian one (ca), whereas I would use Ireland (ie)

  5. ssssseb
    I entered the commands in [] (copy/paste) and after [apt-get update] it says
    “E: Line 1 too long in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.”
    If you know what’s wrong could you tell me? Thanks.

  6. Simply, turn on “universe” repository in etc/apt/sources.list and type ‘apt-get update’ and then ‘apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins’, thats all.

  7. TNX!!! that solved the problem of an MP3 player in Ubuntu. Biginning to like the distro more and more

  8. Ubuntu is such a user friendly disro, it shocked me when they neglected to have mp3 support enabled by default. It’s just silly.

  9. ssssseb,
    when i type [su]
    then input the password, i got this mssg:
    su:Authentication failure
    What to do?

  10. Hi morning,
    This is probably because you never change the root password before (which doesn’t exist on Ubuntu).
    To be able to use the root account (the user that can do everything on the machine), enter the following command
    [sudo passwd root]
    and change it there.
    Once your root password is set, you can type
    [su]
    with a valid password.
    Now that you’re root ([su] + the new password), print your sources.list in a terminal with
    [cat /etc/apt/sources.list]
    or open it (always in root in the terminal) with your favorite text editor like gEDIT :
    [gedit /etc/apt/sources.list]
    (I’ll suppose that you’ve chose the second one)
    In that file, just add at the end ‘multiverse’ and ‘universe’ :

    deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    deb-src http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse

    or manually :
    echo -e “deb …” >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    ‘>’ will remove all the text before adding new lines
    ‘>>’ will add new lines at end of the file
    Sorry for my previous post about it 😉
    Like blacknight said, you should also change your mirror to use the nearest one from you (I did it by replacing ‘ca’ by ‘ie’ in the example but you can switch to your own local mirror).
    Another time : sorry for this poor English 😀
    Good luck et see you soon !

  11. Hi ssssseb,
    when i type: apt-get update
    i got this: “E: Line 1 too long in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.”
    Like Keegan has.
    and solution from Poder: “Simply, turn on “universe” repository in etc/apt/sources.list and type ‘apt-get update’ and then ‘apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins’, thats all”
    How to turn on “universe” repository in etc/apt/sources.
    Sorry guy, i’m a newbie
    Thanks for helping.

  12. No problem morning 😉
    To “turn on” a source like universe means that you have a line which looks like this (I hope it was the meaning) :
    #deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    To “turn on” and make this line active, you have to remove the “#” at the beginning of the line. Simply :
    deb http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    To be sure, you can paste your /etc/apt/sources.list here and I will (try to) see where the problem might be.
    I have to go school now but I’ll read my mails tonight 🙂
    Good luck and have a nice day !

  13. Hi ssssseb,
    Here is my sources list:
    deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse
    {I’m using ca mirror, but my location in Indonesia. I dont think it will be a problem,right?}
    here the complete command:
    fajar@ubuntu:~$ su
    Password:
    root@ubuntu:/home/fajar# echo -e “deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    > deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    > deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    > deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse
    > deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    > deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse” >/etc/ap t/sources.list
    root@ubuntu:/home/fajar# apt-get update
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security Release.gpg
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security Release
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Packages
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/multiverse Packages
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Sources
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/multiverse Sources
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Packages
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/multiverse Packages
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Sources
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/multiverse Sources
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release.gpg
    Could not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release
    Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Packages
    Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Packages
    Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Sources
    Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Sources
    Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Packages
    Could not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Packages
    Could not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Sources
    Could not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Sources
    Could not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/Release.gpg Co uld not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Conn ection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/Release. gpg Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/universe /binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81 .138). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/multiver se/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211. 81.138). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/universe /source/Sources.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/multiver se/source/Sources.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138 ). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/universe/binary -i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151) . – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/multiverse/bina ry-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.15 1). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/universe/source /Sources.gz Could not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – co nnect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/multiverse/sour ce/Sources.gz Could not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Reading package lists… Done
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/univers e Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_univers e_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multive rse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_multi verse_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/ universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-se curity_universe_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/ multiverse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy- security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
    E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
    Thanks.

  14. (re) Hi morning,
    The best solution is to use the nearest mirrors. Now I can’t access to ca.archive.ubuntu.com but ie.archive.ubuntu.com is still working (hope this is just a little server problem).
    In your case, you should try id.archive.ubunutu.com which is for Indonesia (I think lol).
    To change your sources, do :
    [su] + Password
    [mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_old]
    Open your favorite editor with root by typing his name (example) :
    [gedit /etc/apt/sources.list]
    Remove all the lines and paste this text (betweens the ‘====’…) :
    ======================================
    #deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ – Release Candidate i386 (20051005)]/ breezy main restricted
    deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
    deb-src http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
    ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    ## distribution.
    deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
    deb-src http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the ‘universe’
    ## repository.
    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
    ## team.
    deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    deb-src http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    deb-src http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the ‘backports’
    ## repository.
    ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    #deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted
    #deb-src http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse
    ======================================
    Save your job with [Ctrl+s].
    Close gEDIT and finally update your sources :
    [apt-get update]
    Now you shouldn’t have any error 😉
    Good luck morning 🙂

  15. Still not working ssssseb.
    With the same msg like previous (when using ca mirror).
    And id mirror still available now.
    What happen to my ubuntu?? 🙂

  16. I am having the same problem as at first. I did the apt get update, and her is what happened after I did that.
    matthew@matthew:~$ sudo apt-get update
    Password:
    Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release.gpg [189B]
    Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates Release.gpg [189B]
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release
    Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security Release.gpg [189B]
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates Release
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Sources
    Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security Release [19.6kB]
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Sources
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Sources
    Fetched 19.8kB in 1s (17.1kB/s)
    Reading package lists… Done
    matthew@matthew:~$ sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree… Done
    Package gstreamer0.8-plugins is not available, but is referred to by another pac kage.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source
    E: Package gstreamer0.8-plugins has no installation candidate
    matthew@matthew:~$
    matthew@matthew:~$
    So… any ideas?

  17. Morning ->
    >> With the same msg like previous
    >> (when using ca mirror).
    >> And id mirror still available now.
    Did you replace your ‘sources.list’ by the one that I pasted in my last message ? You should really use ‘id’ mirrors instead of ‘ca’. Be sure that you have the same lines that I suggested and copy/paste your /etc/apt/sources.list… It has to work, I only used the main Ubuntu’s sources.
    -> t.z0n3
    >> I am having the same problem as at first.
    >> I did the apt get update, and her is
    >> what happened after I did that.
    Well… You don’t have ‘multiverse’ and ‘universe’ sources. Read the seventh and the sixteenth comment where you’ll have to replace ‘ie’ by ‘us’ in your sources.
    Good luck,

  18. ssssseb,
    here is my sources.list:
    #deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ – Release Candidate i386 (20051005)]/ breezy main restricted
    deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
    deb-src http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
    ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    ## distribution.
    deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
    deb-src http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the ‘universe’
    ## repository.
    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
    ## team.
    deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    deb-src http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
    deb-src http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the ‘backports’
    ## repository.
    ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    #deb http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted
    #deb-src http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security multiverse

  19. and here is the response:
    fajar@ubuntu:~$ su
    Password:
    root@ubuntu:/home/fajar# apt-get update
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release.gpg
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates Release.gpg
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy Release
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates Release
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Packages
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Packages
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Sources
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Sources
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Packages
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Packages
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Sources
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Sources
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Packages
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Packages
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Sources
    Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Sources
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Packages
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Packages
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Sources
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Sources
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Packages
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Packages
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security Release.gpg
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Sources
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security Release
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Sources
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Packages
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Packages
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Packages
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Sources
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Err http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Sources
    Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Packages
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Sources
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Sources
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Packages
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/multiverse Packages
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Sources
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/multiverse Sources
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Packages
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Packages
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Sources
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Sources
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Packages
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/multiverse Packages
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Sources
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/multiverse Sources
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Co nnection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/Release.gpg Co uld not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Conn ection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-updates/Release .gpg Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect ( 111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/Release. gpg Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/main/binary-i38 6/Packages.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/restricted/bina ry-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.15 1). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/main/source/Sou rces.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connec t (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/restricted/sour ce/Sources.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/universe/binary -i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151) . – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/multiverse/bina ry-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.15 1). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/universe/source /Sources.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – co nnect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/multiverse/sour ce/Sources.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-updates/main/bi nary-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81. 151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-updates/restric ted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.2 11.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-updates/main/so urce/Sources.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://id.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-updates/restric ted/source/Sources.gz Could not connect to id.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81. 151). – connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 82.211.81.151 80]
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/main/bin ary-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138 ). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/restrict ed/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211. 81.138). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/main/sou rce/Sources.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – c onnect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/restrict ed/source/Sources.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138 ). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/universe /binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81 .138). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/multiver se/binary-i386/Packages.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211. 81.138). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/universe /source/Sources.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy-security/multiver se/source/Sources.gz Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138 ). – connect (111 Connection refused)
    Reading package lists… Done
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Pa ckages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_main_binary -i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restric ted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_restr icted_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/univers e Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_univers e_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multive rse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_multi verse_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates /main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-upd ates_main_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates /restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_bree zy-updates_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/ main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-securi ty_main_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/ restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy- security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/ universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-se curity_universe_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/ multiverse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy- security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Pa ckages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_main_binary -i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restric ted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_restr icted_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/univers e Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_univers e_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multive rse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_multi verse_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates /main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-upd ates_main_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://id.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates /restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/id.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_bree zy-updates_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/ main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-securi ty_main_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/ restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy- security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/ universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-se curity_universe_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: Couldn’t stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/ multiverse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy- security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages) – stat (2 No such file or directory)
    W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
    E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
    root@ubuntu:/home/fajar#

  20. For all the newbies (of which I count myself one), you might find it easier to add the multiverse repository and install the gstreamer plugins using the Synaptic package manager. Here’s how I did it.
    First, enable access to the multiverse repository. Quoting from the Synaptic help file:
    1.) Start Synaptic by selecting System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager from the desktop menu system.
    2.) In Synaptic choose Settings > Repositories.
    3.) Click the Settings button.
    4.) Tick Show disabled software sources, then click Close.
    5.) On the Repositories dialog box click Add. There are three separate repositories; Breezy Badger, Security Updates and Updates. Select each repository and check Officially supported, Restricted copyright, Community maintained (Universe) and Non-free (Multiverse). Ensure you click OK between each repository to save your changes.
    6.) You should now see checkboxes next to each repository, scroll through the list and ensure they are all checked.
    Now, just go search for gstreamer0.8-plugins in the package list, check the box, and click update.
    My big surprise for the evening: this actually worked using the live cd. (Of course, I’ll have to go through it all again the next time I reboot, but still, pretty amazing.)

  21. g’day
    i am having issues similar to these but i also cannot get firefox to connect to any webpages… my modem dials and connects but firefox does not seem to know that i’ve been connected… anyone know what is up?
    no idea what i’m doing

  22. It’s amazing rhythmbox doesn’t depend on the plugin package, or at least doens’t strongly suggest it: 99,9% of the users will want it along … why not making it a problem (to uninstall) only to the 0.1%, and not having the other 99,9% of the people searching for the solution in internet ?
    (I’m sure many newbies won’t have ogg/mp3 tag support because they’ll never be tech savvy enough to search for the correct keywords, so for them Rhythmbox instead of a great piece of software is just a junk player)
    — of course all this depends on the dist one is using.

  23. i did what tweek said about the package manager thing but it says gstreamer-0.8-plugins cant be installeds and it has all these other required packeages…

  24. Bryce: yes, Synaptic will tell you there are other packages that need to be installed, but that’s normal. You should just be able to go ahead and hit “update” and everything will be installed. Were you getting a specific error message?

  25. Jan – A lot of linux distros do not ship with mp3 support “out of the box”. In some cases you can simply replace the package, such as on some of the older versions of Red Hat I used to use, but in the case of debian based distributions, such as Ubuntu you need to load the extra package.

  26. Hey thanks much found this in google the package manager repository reply worked for me. Had to delte the added “first line is too long” one though after trying the counsel help.

  27. 1. Ubuntu doesn’t come with MP3 support by default, it’s because it’s a properiarity format. It’s a question about ideology…
    2. sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.lst
    uncomment the “universe” line.
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-mad
    That installs support for MP3, without overbloating by installing EVERY SINGLE plugin there is for gstreamer.
    3. Be sure you know what you do when you install stuff from universe/multiverse, since the quality of some of the packages is… well, not good.

  28. The problem lies here, ubuntu supports IPV6 but ur adsl routers are not.
    1) Disable IPV6 at system level
    To do this edit /etc/modprobe.d/aliases by typing
    sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
    in the shell.
    and change the line
    alias net-pf-10 ipv6
    to
    alias net-pf-10 off
    now coming to the browser, in firefoxs add bar type
    about:config
    and double click on the entry
    network.dns.disableIPv6
    :- that disables ipv6 on the browser
    finally u need to setup the dns servers to the one that ur Isp provides,
    go to system > admin > networking > dns >
    and add the IPV4 add of ur Isp’s dns servers
    reboot and things will start working smooth..
    HTH

  29. Thanks a lot to everyone. I’m also a newbie from Estonia. I’ve had it with my xp and replaced it with ubuntu recently. Seems quite difficult at the beginning, but reading these comments around here is helping me just fine. Already got my mp3-support:) Anyway, thanks a lot one more time:)

  30. Thanks, this helped me a wild lot… I’ve just switched from Kubuntu 6.06 to Ubuntu 6.10 and moving from KDE to Gnome is giving me some hard time. Thanks again 😉

  31. I installed all the gstream0.8 plugins including multiverse. But still when I try importing mp3 files to the rhythmbox player, it throws error saying gstream plugins for mp3 not installed.
    Please help…

  32. Hi Michele,
    I am using Ubuntu6.10 for i386 desktop. Downloaded it from the ubuntu.com the latest version.
    thanks
    Maverick

  33. Thanks for the info.
    FYI, if you prefer to do this the GUI way, the Synaptic Package Manager can install the package for you. Get the program started at System | Administration | Synaptic Package Manager, search for ‘gstreamer0.8-plugins’ and the package should be located for you. Mark for installation and hit Apply. All dependencies should also be found and installed. It worked great for me on [Ubunty 6.10 Edgy Eft].
    -The Stigster!

  34. It’s been mentioned but just to reiterate, VLC is a great little player. video and audio. It doesn’t look much but don’t that fool you.

  35. Simon
    VLC is a very nice player. The Mac version can be easily reskinned to look more attractive. Do you know if that’s possible with any of the linux ones?
    Michele

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