A typical Linux system is largely comprised of unrestricted, open-source software. But some of the most popular software around is either closed-source or open-source, but restricted by patents.

It is a bit of a matter of installing the whole package that gathers common codecs, so it's for people who wants to know exactly what codecs to install themselves. Download and install, the actual ...

Here’s how you can add third party codecs to Ubuntu 12.04 for MP3, flash, Microsoft fonts, and DVD playback. There are two ways to do this: 1. The easiest way is to choose to add these extras when you ...

Hey guys, anyone familiar with audio codecs, I am trying to watch an avi, but it has no sound. It came with codecs mpgaudio.ax, mmswitch.ax, and iviaudio.ax, but I don't know how to install or use it.

Ok, I have a copy of Windows XP, and one of the things Windows Media Player 8 can do is play DVD movies if another program has already installed the codecs (well that is what I've come to understand ...