Play wma files in Amarok

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The Amarok media player can't play wma (windows media audio) by default. We can solve this problem by installing the necessary codecs manually.
The only thing we need to do is execute the following line in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg

Control Amarok using a multimedia keyboard

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In Ubuntu we can control without any problems Rhythmbox Media Player with a multimedia keyboard, but what happends if we need to control another media player?

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Now we are going to see how to configure Amarok Media Player to control it with a multimedia keyboard, the first step is to download a script which we'll use later. The script can be found following this link. Once we've downloaded the script we have to install and excecute it using the "Script Manager", located in "Tools" menu on Amarok.

Ubuntu 9.04 Release

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The release of the upcoming Ubuntu Version, Ubuntu 9.04, identified by code name “Jaunty Jackalope”, has been announced for April 23rd, this year.
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Installation Step by Step

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In this tutorial we are going to see, how to install the operating system Ubuntu 8.10 (the latest Ubuntu version), going through the installation step by step from the very beginning to the end…

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