That has a dead simple way to get gstreamer and OSS v4 working in ubuntu, all you need to do is figure out if you are running a 32 or 64bit install (run the command uname -a in a console and it should show x86_64 or something similar if you are 64bit).
Read through that thread as there are a couple of guides posted that explain exactly what you need to do

The reason you dont have a /usr/local/portage folder is because you run ubuntu and my guide was written for Gentoo (a different linux distro).

If you run into any more problems you may be better posting on the 4front forums in the linux section as there are quite a few others running OSS v4 and ubuntu who can help.

Regards
Nick

I am hoping you will be able to help me out with your Gstreamer support download. By no means am I saying it doesn’t work for me; however, I will confess that I don’t really know what I’m doing: I’ve only had Ubuntu for about a week now, and have been able to figure out up to this point that I require your download in order to get sound. I have a SB X-Fi card, and found the 4front Technologies website through research, and after reading more on Google I came across your website. I am curious: all I need to do is download your plugin and install it in the proper directory and, ideally, my sound should work? If so, could you tell me how to go about doing this, please? I went to /usr/local/portage, but once I went into /local, I found there was no /portage there. I do not know enough about Ubuntu/Linux yet to know where my media-plugins folder is, and this is where/how I’m hoping that you’ll be able to help.

Thank you in advance for your time;

Respectfully,

Kieran