Hello friends, I was facing issues while running mp4 videos or songs. It was asking me to install mpeg-4 aac decoder. When I run any mp4 player then I got the following error:

So, to resolve it. Today I am going to tell you how to install and run mp4 videos or songs on Ubuntu.

Step 1: Go to ubuntu Software center and search for: ubuntu-restricted-extras as shown below:

Step 2: Now click on install button and wait for few minutes. Progress will start as seen below:

Alternatively, you can also install it by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

When installation is completed then you will get the following screen:

Thats all, now you are ready to run mp4 videos and players.

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