Linux Ubuntu sound error

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Linux Ubuntu sound error

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I have gotten bored and decided to install ubuntu onto a spare drive. Now i have done this everything so far has been pretty easy going, now this is the first real annoyance i have had.

When i log in it plays the sound but, once logged in i try to play some music and it just doesnt play or make a sound, i hit play and it just sits on 00:00 out of what ever.

Any ideas?

I had a quick look in good but nothing seems similar.
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Re: Linux Ubuntu sound error

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I'm guessing you are running 8.10 Beta 1
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i am running 8.04 (hardy)
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Re: Linux Ubuntu sound error

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open a terminal and type sudo apt-get install w32codecs. Probably don't have the MP3 Codec installed
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Re: Linux Ubuntu sound error

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i had already gotten the neccesary codecs, because it had been working already! hmm after serveral restarts it seems to have fixed itself.

Thanks for your suggestions!
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