This will require gstreamer0.10 installed. Here are the codecs I have on my system: bfiller@ironhorse:~$ dpkg -l | grep gstreamer0.1 ii gstreamer0.10-alsa:amd64 0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2 amd64 GStreamer plugin for ALSA ii gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg:amd64 0.10.13-5 amd64 FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer ii gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3:amd64 0.10.23.debian-3 amd64 Fluendo mp3 decoder GStreamer 0.10 plugin ii gstreamer0.10-gconf:amd64 0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5 amd64 GStreamer plugin for getting the sink/source information from GConf ii gstreamer0.10-gnonlin 0.10.17-2ubuntu1 amd64 non-linear editing module for GStreamer ii gstreamer0.10-nice:amd64 0.1.4-1 amd64 ICE library (GStreamer 0.10 plugin) ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:amd64 0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse 0.10.21-1ubuntu3 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set (Multiverse Variant) ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:amd64 0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "base" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps 0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2 amd64 GStreamer helper programs from the "base" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:amd64 0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set rc gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 0.10.31-3ubuntu1 i386 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:amd64 0.10.19-2ubuntu5 amd64 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set ii gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio:amd64 0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5 amd64 GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio ii gstreamer0.10-tools 0.10.36-1.2ubuntu3 amd64 Tools for use with GStreamer ii gstreamer0.10-x:amd64 0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2 amd64 GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango ii libgstreamer0.10-0:amd64 0.10.36-1.2ubuntu3 amd64 Core GStreamer libraries and elements ii libgstreamer0.10-0:i386 0.10.36-1.2ubuntu3 i386 Core GStreamer libraries and elements ii libgstreamer0.10-dev 0.10.36-1.2ubuntu3 amd64 GStreamer core development files