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Asked: 2014-06-15 09:23:55 +0800 CST

Can Ubuntu read music and data CDs Burnt on Windows [duplicate]

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I'm seriously considering switching from Winows to Ubuntu as I seriously dislike Windows 8.1 and have an old eMachines EL-1600. I believe this old net top will run 32 bit Ubuntu just fine. (Intel Atom 230 1.6 GHz processor and 1 GB ram with Intel 945G Express Chipset) I believe Ubuntu 12.04LTS will run perfectly, but I'm hoping the latest LTS release will as well. However, that now brings me to my question.

I've burnt a whole pile of MP3 DVDss using Win XP, and I was wondering if I install Ubuntu can they still be read? I just want to copy the MP3s back from the DVDs back to the main music folder in Ubuntu. I have no intention of installing WINE (viruses) and will beusing the pre-instlled and native Ubuntu apps such as Libre Office and Firefox which I'm already using in Windows. I also use a PPoE broadband connection so that won't be a problem either. Thank you.

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  1. Yes, I did a similar exercise when I moved from windows to ubuntu. I backed up all my mp3, photos, movies etc on dvd and external hard drive. The copied them back to my pc and had all my files again.

    I would also suggest that post installation that you install a few extras to complete you ubuntu installation. Using Ubuntu Software Center

    Install Ubuntu Restricted Extras for media codecs, for codecs that are not installed by default. With this installed, you can play mp3, mp4, avi etc...

    Tweak Unity will let you tweak the appearace of unity (ubuntu)

    VLC media player just because!

    Lastly to enable encrypted DVD playback in ubuntu you need to install libdvdread4 once installed open terminal and run the following command;

    sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

    this will download the necessary dvd libraries.

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