Questions related with Video Players and its working in Ubuntu
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How to play .mp4 movies?
I have a .mp4 movie (it's an .mp4 file, and the "video codec" is Xvid, and the "audio codec" is mp3) that I want to play, but when I try to open it in MPlayer, it says "The steam is encrypted and ...
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How to run video from wine?
I tried to run it from total commander, I tried to make a link to it
/media/DATA/#TO_BACKUP/_MUSIC/MUSIC2/Black
Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit).avi
but it says
Failed to execute child ...
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Videos have blue faces when I play them
I started the video and it says it has no codex and it can search for it(it looked cool) and it has downloaded them and video works great, but for some reason all the faces on videos I'm watching are ...
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Broken RMVB file not allows to use progress bar in “Movie Player”
I am able to open broken RMVB file in "Movie Player", but I'm not able to use progress bar (eg. to skip intro of movie or jump to specific scene etc).
I would like to avoid installing mplayer.
Is ...
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H264 video looks interlaced
I have a new video cam which records in h.264. In windows the videos play fine, but in linux they look interlaced. What can it be? I get the best result with VLC but they still are interlaced
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Videos pause automatically [closed]
I installed Ubuntu on multiple computers by following this guide . Now many of my users complain that while playing video (xvid or mp4), after few minutes videos go into a paused state, and only ...
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Logged off when playing any video [closed]
I am using Ubuntu dual-booting with Windows 7. When i play any video file I am logged off. How can I fix this?
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How to reduce the tearing while watching videos?
I'm using the Ubuntu 10.10 with both VLC player and MPlayer and already installed the ATI drivers. I watched the same videos on Windows 7 and Ubuntu. But on Ubuntu the images have a lot of tearing. I ...
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Play a movie in the desktop as a wallpaper?
I was wondering is there a way to play movies in the desktop,like a background?or is it not possible?
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Movie player Totem shuts down without any error message
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and have an issue with Movie Player Totem. Recently I got a great movie. For those who know "Wall Street" 1987. So I was watching it and for no reason totem shut himself down.
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How to watch eurosport player?
They use silverlight -- therefore I installed moonlight but still get a black screen.
Is there a way to watch it on Ubuntu? I now use a virtual (windows xp) machine so I can still watch it, but would ...
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ubuntu and vlc — make default and hue
I have recently installed vlc. I have found that when i play videos on vlc, the hue of the color of the video is off. I have to constantly readjust it.
Also how can i make vlc my default player for ...
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Songbird Alternatives
I like the songbird player very much, and it used to be my only choice for all plataforms, but they have discontinued GNU/linux support for some time now, due to lack of people to help with the linux ...
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How can I play encrypted DVD movies?
My machine can't play encrypted DVDs on a fresh install. How do I add this capability? Another useful bit of information would be what programs are best for playing DVDs, once I'm able to do so. ...
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What video players do you recommend? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Media Players Are there?
What video players do you recommend for ubuntu. Is there any video player that supports good playback of 720p videos in oldish hardware?
