Ubuntu – How to play .ts files? (and other unusual formats)

10.04codecs

How can i play .ts files in Ubuntu? I would prefer if you could recommend a codec instead of a new piece of software, so I can use any software to play.

And is there any codec pack that make me sure I will be able to play all ordinary media files? Something similar to k-lite codec pack.

note: some of my .ts files already can be played with SMplay, but just some…

PS:
as i mentioned above i already can play some .ts files. and i have ubuntu-restricted-extras and mplayer and samplayer in latest version. the problem is that some .ts files that open in windows systems do not play in my ubuntu 10.04

Best Answer

I recommend smplayer and gecko-mediaplayer, which are the best mplayer frontend and browser plugin respectively. For codecs get ubuntu-restricted-extras. I also recommend the Comprehensive Multimedia & Video Howto tutorial.

smplayer

gecko-mediaplayer

ubuntu-restricted-extras

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No need to spend this ridiculous amount of money on some codecs! Use it to make a donation or buy some flowers instead. This is a free way:

Make sure to install both mplayer and lame. To do this open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T or Super+T) and paste (Ctrl+Shift+V) the following line and hit Enter to run:

sudo apt-get install mplayer lame

Enter your password when prompted.

Then navigate to the folder containing your WMAs and run the following command in the same terminal:

for i in *.wma ; do mplayer -vo null -vc dummy -af resample=44100 -ao pcm:waveheader "$i" && lame -m j -h --vbr-new -b 320 audiodump.wav -o "`basename "$i" .wma`.mp3"; done; rm -f audiodump.wav

This will create 320 kbps MP3s in the same directory, keeping the original files. These MP3s will not contain ID3 data (title, artist, album, etc). GMusicBrowser is excellent for modifying this information.

Thanks to Rory Alsop for the one-line script which needed a slight update. Here he also shows how to make it so that you can run this script in the future by typing a single word in the terminal.