Questions tagged [multimedia]
Related to video and sound and the interactivity between them with the user.
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Video editing software options? [closed]
What video editing software would you recommend on Ubuntu (or Linux in general)
and why? It can be for either beginners or experienced users.
Please only place one piece of software per response and ...
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How to install the most common plugins?
How can I install the most used plugins like flash player and mp3 in Ubuntu?
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How to install the MPEG-4 AAC decoder and the H.264 decoder?
Where do I get the MPEG-4 AAC decoder, and the H.264 decoder.
How to install them and play the multimedia?
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Command to see media file info in terminal?
I need a command to quickly see in terminal essential information about an audio or video file.
(Then I'll consider adding that to Thunar's custom actions, etc.)
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How do I install XBMC?
Where can I get XBMC for Ubuntu?
I have the team-xbmc ppa added however they have no packages, is there an older deb or is there somewhere where i can get the source and build myself?
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Why does DVD playback still not work after installing libdvdcss2?
I have installed libdvdcss2, but I still get this error when trying to play DVDs:
libdvdread4 was installed by default (This is a new System76 Pangolin Performance). I ran the install-css.sh script, ...
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How to play VOB files that were inside a DVD disc?
I just downloaded a DVD which is for a movie. After uncompressing the DVD file I see .VOB, .IFO and .BUP files. If I open the first .VOB file it shows me the DVD menu but I can't interact with it. So, ...
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How to make the keyboard media keys to work with VLC globally?
My keyboard has media keys and they work globally on Unity with Banshee but don't with VLC when another app is focused.
How would I fix that?
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Adjust volume via commandline so that volume notify pops up
is there a way to adjust the system volume via commandline so that the default volume popup (the one that pops up when pressing the media keys on notebooks) is still shown.
I need this for my remote ...
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How can I enable video and audio codecs?
I would like to know how can I enable video and audio codecs not included by default on Ubuntu. Thanks!
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How to get Multimedia keys working at my ASUS N56VZ Ubuntu 12.04 Notebook
I don't get my multimedia keys (FN Keys) working. The Notebook is a ASUS N56VZ.
If I normally press the multimedia key combinations, nothing happens. If I try to get the keycodes while pressing, for ...
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How can I watch Blu-ray discs?
I've got a Blu-ray drive and I'd like to be able to use it to watch movies under Ubuntu.
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How can I set computer usage time limits? [duplicate]
I've got an old computer that I put Ubuntu on for my kids (11, 9, and 7). They're always fighting for who can get on the computer and I'm sick of trying to figure out who has had enough time.
Anyway, ...
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How to play WMV files?
I tried playing a WMV file in VLC and it told me something along the lines of Unable to play WMV3 files. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this. When I try to open the same file in ...
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Application for slicing video [duplicate]
I'm using PiTiVi to edit a long lecture, and I'd like to split it into manageable chunks, then rearrange the pieces. However, I don't see a good way to do that in PiTiVi; apparently, I would have to ...
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Multimedia keys sometimes stop working
I'm using Ubuntu with Gnome. My multimedia keys (play/pause, stop, etc) were working fine and then all of a sudden they stopped working.
In particular I'd like for them to work with Spotify.
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Why aren't multimedia codecs included by default?
Are there any legal reasons for that?
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Audio starts playing 3-5 seconds after video does
I've installed Ubuntu Studio 16.04.1 LTS on my pc (ASRock X99 Taichi, i7 6800k, GTX 970, DisplayPort to iMac as monitor), my first experience with Ubuntu/Linux. I haven't installed any third party ...
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Why can I hear only a few audio channels when playing video files?
When I play specific MKV files there is not all the sound. There is actually only the background sound, like a song on the background, but I hear no talking.
The strangest thing is that it is not for ...
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Realtek Card Reader not working
I have an internal card reader in my HP Pavilion DV6-6155ca and the card reader is a "multi-card media reader" (I know this means nothing but trying to be though) and the device is the RTS5209 PCI ...
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How can I play mp3 files or videos?
I've just installed Ubuntu on my Lenovo g460 with Windows 7. I am not able to play any movie or mp3 file. When I click on a file I'm asked to install a plugin. When I click on the install button ...
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What (input) types of files can avconv convert and to what (output) files?
I like to use simple commands (in Thunar custom actions), like avconv -i %f %f.mp3.
I can replace mp3 with flac for example - but what other output extensions can be used?
Also, in Thunar custom ...
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Codec Support to play mp3
I have installed ubuntu-restricted-extras but still mp3 format can't be played through rhythmbox
The error coming is:
REQUIRED PLUGIN IS NOT FOUND :: Rhythmbox requires to install plugins to play ...
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How can I use VST instruments?
I have some VST instruments I would like to use on Ubuntu. How do I get them to work? What host applications are available?
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Get information about a video from command-line tool [duplicate]
How can I get information about a video with a command-line tool? (e.g. video duration, audio codec, bitrate etc)
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How can I record an OpenGL game in Ubuntu?
I would like to create a short clip of me playing Minecraft, an OpenGL game. The usual screencast recorders do not properly record OpenGL.
What kind of software is available for this purpose?
My ...
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How do I install ffmpeg and codecs? [closed]
i am trying to install a video script and I need to install FFmpeg with all the codecs. I have tried many tutorials online and I didn't succeed.
FFmpeg (from SVN)
x264 Library for mencoder
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Player to set short-keys for 1-second ahead/back jump?
I need to transcript to text some recordings and I need to jump back and forth, but sometimes 2-3 secs, sometimes 10, or more, or less. (On the long run these differences are not trivial in this type ...
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How to archive/play DVD with menus and all to disk?
I'd really like to copy all my DVDs to disk for convenience access, since I prefer browsing my filesystem to fiddling with disks. All solutions I've found yet (like dvd::rip) re-encode the contents ...
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How to add an audio file (aac or mp3) to a mp4 video file?
I have an mp4 video file created from images and would like to add mp3 sound to it. I am not familiar with video editing at all, but read somewhwere that aac sound is preferred, so I got sound in aac ...
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"No Parking" sign in the middle of the screen [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Black area with stroked circle on the screen
I've just installed Ubuntu 11.10, and an annoying No Parking sign doesn't stop to appear and disappear in the middle of the screen ...
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Troubles when trying to play a DVD
I'm trying to play a DVD I recently bought, but when I try to, sometimes a message appears:
Could not read DVD. This may be because the DVD is encrypted and a DVD decryption library is not ...
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Is there a way to restore/format an iPod under Linux?
I have an iPod Classic, and it's full of duplicates and it's a complete mess and would like to start anew, and I was curious if there was a way to restore an iPod like you could under Windows/Mac?
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Use volume and playback keys without waking the monitor?
Often my laptop is just standing around and just playing music and for the below mentioned actions I don't need to see wat's going on on my desktop.
Is it possible to use the volume and playback keys ...
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How do I set up an mp3 alarm clock?
I want to switch from Windows XP to Ubuntu and there is one thing that I'm heavily using in XP—an MP3 alarm clock. In the evening I turn the PC to hibernated mode. In the morning it wakes up (...
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How to install windows media player plugin on chromium?
There is a website that streams local TV and it requires windows media player plugin. I have LUbuntu freshly installed, but it simply says "Missing Plug-in". It doesn't say anything about what ...
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converting images to pdf without quality loss
I am converting images to PDFs. I use following command
convert page.jpg page.pdf
and then combine multiple PDFs generated accordingly by command
pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf output result.pdf
but I noticed ...
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How to share Ubuntu desktop screen to a smart TV?
Is there any software I can install in Ubuntu desktop 16.04 to enable sharing screen to a smart TV just like in Windows? How to install and configure it?
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Can't Mount a not copy protected DVD Video?
I'm trying to mount a DVD video that has no kind of copy protection on it. It plays just fine in Windows and in DVD players. If I insert a regular data DVD it automounts just fine and I can browse it. ...
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How to open all video files with VLC
I'm using VLC, which can open all kinds of files without problem, but how can I associate all video files (avi, mpg, wmv, flv, etc.) to be opened with VLC by default?
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Screen/Power management during media use [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I stop the screensaver from turning on when I watching online videos?
Is there a way to configure Ubuntu so it does not activate the screen-saver, sleep-mode, suspend ...
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PS2 Eyetoy Recording Quality
I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and a PS2 eyetoy "Namtai". Don't worry - this is not the sterotypical " how do I get my eyetoy working" question.
My eyetoy works fine on Cheese, gucview and various other ...
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Why doesn't .mkv files play properly with ubuntu-restricted-extra?
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 with ubuntu-resticted-extra installed. When I play .mkv with the default player, totem it causes the player to stop suddenly without any warning after a random amount of time!...
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How to play wmv3 videos
Is there any way to play wmv3 videos on Ubuntu? Tried using VLC player but it says it cannot play the video and there is no way to fix this.
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Drag & Drop Files and Items in Unity !
How can I drag and drop files (media files specifically) in my Unity. While playing videos or music, if I like to drop another file in the totem/vlc media player, how to do it ?
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Cast to Kodi-solution
I have a 16.04 box running Kodi (15.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1), and would like to have a cast to Kodi-option.
I'm aware that Kodi supports AirPlay, but support for this on Android phones, Windows and ...
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Are there any players (or other programs) intended for transcription? [duplicate]
I mean players that include features related to listening to recorded talking for the purpose of putting that into text.
One elementary feature would be a somewhat refined way of play/stopping, ...
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Install media codecs [duplicate]
I tried to watch a movie but the Movie Player won't let me, and a screen popped up saying:
Videos requires to install plugins to play files of the following types: MPEG-1 Layer 3(MP3) decoder, MPEG-...
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Has anyone got "Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro" - (usb Interface) installed?
Has anyone tried this external usb sound blaster on ubuntu.
http://us.store.creative.com/Sound-Blaster-XFi-Surround-5.1-Pro/M/B0044DEDCA.htm.
I have bought M-Audio Bx5a deluxe Studio Monitors for my ...
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How to set up video and audio players to use realtime (or close) priority?
I use raw mplayer to play video, DeaDBeeF to play audio and Skype for VoIP. Heavy CPU-consuming processes (like rendering a website in Firefox, redrawing a Java IDE window or compilation) cause ...