Ubuntu’s App Center now supports installing media codecs

Ubuntu 26.10’s new Add-ons page in App Center can now install restricted media codecs as well as hardware drivers. The new flow should make things simpler for those who don’t select the opt-in to “install restricted codecs” in the Ubuntu OS installer (not everyone thinks they need it) and for those who install without an active internet connection, as that box is greyed out. While apt makes it easy to get the relevant codecs if you know the right gstreamer-* , App Center doesn’t show system or library packages in search results (and “media codecs” is a bit of a […] You're reading Ubuntu’s App Center now supports installing media codecs, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

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