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Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 5:28 PM
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Being new to this Live CD thing searched around and found RhythmboxMusicPlayer. I dragged a folder containing almost 5500 tracks and it only found 18 (.wav) that it could play. Apparently it couldn't find a suitable plugin to play .mp3 or some other types I have (.aac).
Alos, I quit RhythmBox and doublec-licked an mp3 and the movie app opened but still the same issue.
Now I cannot get Rythmbox to start - nothing happenes when I click on Sound and video > Rythmbox...
Any help appreciated.
Edit: Ubuntu 9.1
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Re: Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 5:49 PM
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The Linux Mint CD does , I think, you might try that instead. I believe it uses Amarok rather than Rythmbox as the media player.
Quote - Linux Mint has a different selection of packages. First universe, multiverse and unofficial repositories are configured to give more choice to the user, then some software is removed and some added (for instance Amarok is preferred to Rhythmbox). Also, a lot of codecs for "dirty" formats (encrypted DVDs, MP3, divX, win32) and plugins (Java, Flash, Realplayer) are added.
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Re: Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 5:55 PM
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Don't think it's worth downloading Mint for the amount of use I'll get. This is only the second time I've needed Linux. Now listening to the radio
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Re: Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 5:57 PM
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Quote Thanks, Steve.
You're welcome, but its Ian!.
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Re: Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 5:59 PM
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Age is creeping up...
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Re: Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 6:02 PM
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Re: Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 6:14 PM
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I have found a CD with some music .wav files to play. Can I take out the Live CD while I copy the files to a HDD or will Ubuntu crash?
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Re: Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 6:24 PM
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07-05-2011 6:37 PM
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Thanks.
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Re: Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 6:42 PM
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You should be able to do this with a 4GB stick, but 8GB would allow you to add restricted video drivers, perform updates, etc, and still have space for a decent sized /home directory.
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07-05-2011 7:52 PM
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Re: Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 8:10 PM
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The bootable USB stick is formatted as if it was like any other read and write capable hard drive, which is why you can update it, and save files in your removable /home directory.
A CD (like the Live CD) is a read only device which unpacks its contents into RAM to run, and any changes or updates are lost when you switch the machine off.
There is also a difference in size, the USB memory stick is in the order of a few GB, whereas the CD manages to fit into 700MB,
Theoretically you should be able to create your own mix "Live CD" image with your chosen features enabled, but that is way beyond my experience (so far), but someone else might know (or Google).
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07-05-2011 8:14 PM
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..and thanks for the advice. Think I'll leave thingsas they are. As I said before, I don't use Linux much and for only short bursts.
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Re: Playing music Ubuntu Live CD
07-05-2011 8:46 PM
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11-05-2011 12:49 PM
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One other (I believe Nimblex) in the past had a page where you can select the software you want to add to the base package and then you burn a live cd including the added software.
Linux Mint as has been suggested does have many of the Multimedia files already on the live CD, though it's recent habit since version 9 of leaving off Java means I stick with version 8.
So many choices means there is usually one out there (at least) that will do exactly what you want it to do from the start.
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