Medibuntu is a project somewhat similar with debian-multimedia.org for Debian, providing packages which are not included in the official Ubuntu repositories due to legal issues. In order to make use of the packages included in Medibuntu (including the non-free video codecs w32codecs and libdvdcss2 for watching ecrypted DVDs), you will only need to follow several easy steps explained below.

If you want some of the 3rd party, non-free softwares like Adobe Acroread, Real Player, Google Earth and Skype etc, you can always grab them on to your Ubuntu desktop by adding Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) repositories into software sources.

Medibuntu contain all software that cannot be included in Ubuntu for various reasons, like opera ,google earth, wincodecs and more, by adding Medibuntu repositories you will stop wasting time by looking for the right package adding repository for every package, verification keys ...

Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) is a repository of packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc).

There is no default support od DVD in Ubuntu 9.10. You have to install the following for getting the DVD Support.

First You Have to add the medibuntu repositories
Howto add medibuntu repository

Then open a terminal and run the following Command

Fedora by default, does not include any non-free software, as per its goals. This can be irritating if you want to get a particular wireless card working or need to get the media codecs. Fortunately, there are 3rd party repositories that do store this software for you, and it is fairly simple to add these using Yum. The one I will concentrate on is RPM Fusion.

The good folks at EngageMedia have written a nice research paper about the availability and uptake of free software codecs.

Medibuntu repositories are available for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS precise Pangolin, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu and LinuxMint for both 32 and 64 bit.

MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2.