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I have some movies, in avi and mp4 format, with two sound channels.

It would be great, if I could play both channels on different sound cards to be listened with earphones (one for me and the other one for my girlfriend).

I've seen external USB sound cards.

But I have never seen any movie players that allow this feature.

Is it possible on Ubuntu?

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Install pavucontrol from this link using Software Center.

Next Start two instances of vlc for the same video file, use the following cmd:

`vlc /path/to/video.avi & vlc /path/to/video.avi`

Start pavucontrol in a new terminal using the following cmd:

pavucontrol

Now in the playback tab, scroll down to find two vlc applications. Simply change the audio output for one of the player.

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Set one of the player in full screen mode and minimize the second player.

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  • If pulse audio will not do this you will have to try jack
    – Panther
    Aug 23, 2015 at 18:20
  • I'm not very sure if this solution allows me to pause, play, forward or rewind the movie. Because VLC instances aren't synchronized, isn't true?
    – virilo
    Aug 24, 2015 at 8:51
  • Both the instances start together, but thier controls are not locked together- not in sync... I'll check if we can send commands to both the instances simultaneously
    – araghuteja
    Aug 24, 2015 at 8:57

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