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Media is sound, video, pictures, and anything else you see or hear in an electronic format. This tag is for questions pertaining to media.

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SD Card Reader Not working - Ubuntu 20.04

I have Ubuntu 20.04, freshly installed. It is not able to access any SD Cards if used with the SD Card Adapter. I tried multiple adapters, and tested the same with other computers as well. The SD Card ...
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Webcam / Video Playback Problems in Ubuntu MATE 15.10

I have tried both Cheese and guvcview. The vids play back fine in the recording apps themselves, but when I load them up in VLC, OpenShot, or Cinelerra, all I get is the initial frame (frozen) and the ...
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Unable to play media files from windows server

I have a problem to play any media files from my Windows server sharing folders. When I try it by opening (Nautilus or DoubleComm) it returns the error "SMB protocol source is required to play ...
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Change application media keys are refering to

I have multiple applications opened at the same time that are registered as playing media on Ubuntu in Gnome. In my case both Spotify and a YouTube tab in Firefox are opened. When I use the media keys ...
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Help to grab Gnome Settings Media Keys focus by "force"

I'm trying to create an application that listens for events sent by Gnome's gsd-media-keys,what I have already achieved, but other apps like VLC and Chrome are "stealing" my app’s focus when ...
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How to install Windows Media Player 10 in a 64-bit architecture?

I am trying to install WMP10 through winetricks. I enter the command winetricks wmp10 and get this output: ~$ winetricks wmp10 You are using a 64-bit WINEPREFIX. If you encounter problems, please ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Can't Play DVDs with Libdvdcss installed

I've installed VLC, libdvdread4, libdvdcss, Medibuntu and Ubuntu restricted extras AND ran this line of code... sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh ...on my Ubuntu 12.04 but whenever I ...
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how to set default media (paper size) for a printer using lpoptions

I want lp to print to a default printer and can set this using lpoptions -d , but I can't find a way to set the default media size. Is there any way to do this with some lp... command or do I need to ...
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How do I play blu-ray discs in Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS?

From search I can see that this question has arisen a few times in the past. But the answers are all old and/or out-of-date. The "official" documentation seems to have been written back in ...
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Keyboard media keys no longer work after upgrade to 20.04

Media control keys (play/pause, next, previous) no longer seem to work after I updated from 19.10 to 20.04. Tested with both spotify and gsconnect controlling music playing on my phone. None seem to ...
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Determine if DVD is DVD-R or DVD+R

Is there an Ubuntu/Linux command or app that will determine if a DVD is a DVD-R or DVD+R (DVD-RW or DVD+RW etc.)? Or that will display all the Media Identification Code information of a disc, ...
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Sony Bluetooth Headset freezing media

I am new to Ubuntu. I have everything else working perfectly on the new OS, however it doesn't seem to work well with my Sony MDR-ZX003BT Bluetooth headset. I can connect just fine and it shows the ...
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Setting up Ushare (Xbox 360 File Sharing)

I recently tried installing Ushare so I could share media between my laptop and Xbox. Could someone direct me as to how to change the settings so it can be recognized by my xbox. Ushare.conf file: ...
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Can I configure Play/Pause button to work systemwide, regardless of the app playing the music?

Using HP pavilion laptop, and there's a Play/Pause button on the keyboard, I want to work and pause/play the app that is currently playing music. I had windows before, and it worked just fine. Right ...
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Okular not printing the right paperformat?

Okular does not communicate properly with Canon MF 3010 concerning papersize? I try to print a pdf-document, papersize a5. Okular selects a4 paper in printing, resulting in misplaced text. Evince, e. ...
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After upgrade to 22.04.1 media playback is slow

I upgraded to 22.04.1 earlier this week. I noticed that web based media playback (Youtube, Tidal.com, etc) sounded slow. I compared it to media play back on my phone (Android) and confirmed that the ...
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Can I set a password for ubuntu's media sharing feature?

Can I add a password to the media sharing, make it necessary to enter a password to access the files? The media sharing option on ubuntu: Here I can view the shared media on a different computer:
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KDE KIO caches all network media before viewing

What is kioexec? Why does it run every time I try and open a picture or video? It appears to copy the entire file to ~/.cache before viewing. Same happens w/ VLC and other media applications as well....
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Ubuntu only sees the first partition on an external (USB) disk drive

I connected an external (1TB) hard disk drive to my computer. It is automatically mounted on /media/$USER/Seagate Backup Plus Drive. However this drive has two partitions: an NTFS partition, and an ...
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Unable to mount DVD external hard drive

My external DVD hard drive stopped being recognized by my laptop. Originally, it was automatically recognized by just plugging in the USB cable. Here is what the terminal tells me: me@me-thinkpadx1:~$ ...
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Media keys on Keyboard don't work during games

How do I make media keys work during fullscreen game play? The media keys on my keyboard i.e volume up, volume down, mute don't work during game play. If I want to adjust the volume I have to exit the ...
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Airmedia on Ubuntu

Hi i am using Ubuntu 18 and need Airmedia to connect to a monitor at our office, I can't seem to find a Linux client, is there anything that will suit this need? Thanks
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Could not play media on kubuntu installed on ASUS E200H

I recently bought an Asus E200H that came pre-installed with Windows 10. Due to a storage problem, I installed Kubuntu 18.04 on the system after removing Windows 10. But I am unable to play any ...
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Using the media controls on my earbuds

I have a laptop running Ubuntu 18.08 and I use my Samsung earbuds as headphone for it, now the laptop definitely has a 4-pin jack as I can use the microphone, but I can't seem to find any ...
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Removable Media -Never prompt or start programs on media insertion- for all users

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop. I would like to know where (filename) the settings under All Settings-> Removable Media are stored. I would like to have the settings "Never prompt or start programs ...
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Automatically open iPod with GTKpod instead of Caja in MATE

I have an iPod 2g. It automatically opens Caja. But I want to open it with GTKpod. GTKpod also doesn't open my iPod however I don't know if that is related to the problem. And yes I know that alot of ...
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Ubuntu 16.0.4 won't recognize phone as media device when connected with usb 3 cable

So when I plug my phone (Samsung galaxy note 3) into my computer using a regular micro sd cable, Ubuntu recognises it as a media device, and all is well. But when I connect it using the USB 3.0 cable ...
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video player on ubuntu touch?

I got a bq m10 tablet and I found that the desktop media player app "VLC" doesn't run normally because of low hardware. So I have to find another tablet app to play my videos and I cant find one ...
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Getting "Error loading player: No playable sources found" with Chromium

I'm trying to play the audio program available here on my Kubuntu 16.04 (but under LXDE). Results: Mozilla Firefox: It works fine. Google Chromium: I get this error message: Error loading player: ...
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SD Card Appears Multiple Times in /media?

So I've noticed that my SD card under /media/user/ is mentioned with multiple names. It will appear as /media/user/SDCARD,/media/user/SDCARD1, /media/user/SDCARD2, and so on. Only the latest one is ...
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MXF Files get currputed through FTP Sending process

I have written the FTP Script to send the file to the FTP Destination and the Transfer is working totally Good. but when i open the mxf file it Just a Black Frame and No media is Playing. FTP SCRIPT:...
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Media keys do not work on Amarok

in previous versions of Ubuntu, media keys used to work on my computer to control Amarok. But they don't anymore. The play/pause button works for Totem. A have already checked the shortcuts ...
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how to install plugin for python v2.7

I tried to run a video DVD and it says you need to install plugin for python v2.7. I am using Ubuntu 13.04.I am very new with ubuntu. what codes shall i have to write to download the plugin and to ...
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Removable Media Trigger Event

I created a shell script that copies files off of an SD card. I then created a Unity Launcher (.desktop file) for that script. Finally under System Settings -> Details -> Removable Media -> Photos ...
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why is fluendo playback kit not detected

I needed to play several media formats. mp3,mpg (video and audio), flv, avi, any and all media files so I installed the fluendo complete kit and yet ubuntu 14 still on some of my files wants to ...
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Maximum sound level differs between Ubuntu and Windows

Recently I've been watching lots of .mkv or .avi files in my Ubuntu and I realize that the maximum sound level is lower than what is in the Windows with KM Player. This difference is very noticeable ...
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How do I make music and videos from an external hard drive show up on the lens filters?

Using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Unity. I keep all my music and movies on an external hdd and I was wondering if there was a way to make the media on the hdd show up on the dash and its lens filters.
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Software center not downloading anything?

It is simply stuck as "Enabling component of distribution" and "updating cache" in the waiting mode? The download never starts. Kind of let down as I was expecting an easier interface. I am ...
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Accidentally deleted folder containing system volume information

I am unable to see folders or files. Please see the attached image and give me a solution.
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Ubuntu 22.04.4 media sharing not showing videos

Ubuntu version is 22.04.4 I enabled sharing via Settings -> Sharing -> Media Sharing There are images and videos inside the same folder, all images and videos have the same access rights When ...
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Steam installation library in other storage device

I tried to install games from Steam in another storage media. (process:19380): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 23:11:39.869: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed reaping pid: 19523 -- ...
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Permission denied on /media

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 on Dell Alienware R13 desktop (multiboot with Windows 10). My problem is that permissions are denied on /media directory. I don't know what caused this problem. As I recall, I ...
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Easy Effects 7.0.5 is preventing media from streaming

I've been using Easy Effects for some time with no issues, using Ziyad Nazem's presets. I'm using Ubuntu 23.04 with GNOME 44.2 When I start easy effects, any media such as youtube, spotify, netflix, ...
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Error when getting information for file "folder/": input/output error

I've searched for some similar questions for my problem but couldn't find solution. I've flash drive that I copied some files from window OS for a long time ago,and I cannot open them on ubuntu, ...
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Help with understanding permissions for folders

I'm rebuilding my Plex media server. I have a single HDD with my first installation of Ubuntu. I'm slowly moving media from an old external drive into folders; Documents, Music, Videos, etc. I need to ...
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Volume keys stopped working

Recently had a power outage in my area and my desktop was rebooted. Running Ubuntu 22.04. When the system came back up the volume keys that I configured (F2 - Volume down; F3 - Volume up; F4 - Volume ...
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Correct ownership and permissions of /media folder and folders of external drives

I was trying to run a synchronization program to sync files on a drive and on my computer. The synchronization program said it could not access the files on the USB drive. I changed the permissions ...
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Audio and video keep skipping without any reason in Ubuntu 22.04

I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 and copied all my music files to the Music folder. Then, I opened Rhythmbox music player and clicked on song to play it, but it's constantly skipping all the music in ...
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What media players are available?

I'm trying to sync a subtitle in VLC but it doesn't work. Syncing is working in Kodi but I don't like that player. I don't want to install a lot of media players and test them.
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Settings to allow Rygel through ufw firewall

I have installed Rygel as per (https://www.devmanuals.net/install/ubuntu/ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa/installing-rygel-2.6-dev-on-ubuntu20-04.html) I have also installed Rygel Preferences. The media ...
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