Questions tagged [video-player]
A video player is a software application that is used to play video files. Use this tag if your question is related to a video player problem.
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How to install H.265 / HEVC codec on Ubuntu Linux?
I have seen that the new DivX Player 10 shows off H.265/HEVC playback, the successor of H.264. I wonder how I may get this support in Linux. Is there a need to install a codec specific for this format?...
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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 package to install to play midi files in Ubuntu 16.04?
The (ex-totem?) Video player proposes the installation of gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad, but after installation there is no playback, nothing. When I try to open the .midi file again, the Video player ...
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Why isn't VLC the default video player?
Why does Ubuntu come with Totem set as default? Is there a reason or am I just wrongly assuming everybody thinks Totem is actually inferior to VLC?
Not to mention VLC is vastly known as perhaps the ...
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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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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?
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How do I resume video play from the point it was stopped with VLC?
How can I play a video starting from the point it was stopped last time?
This is useful for watching long videos.
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and VLC media player.
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Displaying two subtitle tracks simultaneously
Is there a way to display multiple subtitles at the same time? It would help a lot while learning a new language. I have some *.mkv movie with two embedded subtitles, how would I turn them both on, so ...
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How to view video file with external ac3 audio track?
I can listen to view the video with built-in audio (ac3) and listen to the audio track as regular sound file, but how to do these same time?
Can't see such options in Totem, Kplayer, VLC, KMplayer, ...
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Cannot play avi or mp4 file in both Movie Player and VLC
I downloaded some videos (both mp4 and avi) and I am unable to play them both in Movie Player and VLC.
In Movie Player, it displays error message saying "Could not determine type of stream".
When I ...
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Ubuntu (GNOME) default video player name
I want to report a bug with the default video player in Ubuntu.
Based on this instructions I need to also know the program name.
On the icon it's named "Videos" but using ubuntu-bug videos returns an ...
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Persian/Farsi videos subtitle problem?
I have problem with subtitle in Persian/Farsi using all good video players.
I have tested all reading options formats (all different area and language to read), but all did not work. I can type Farsi,...
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How to kill a unresponsive program from terminal?
On Ubuntu 12.04 the default Movie Player has hanged on a frame while playing a (faulty?) mkv video. I tried to close it by right click > close but could not terminate it. It also does not start when I ...
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How can I change playback speed of mpv video player?
I love mpv player for its modern minimalist look, easy moving along a video simply with mouse scroll and robust rendering of .mp4 videos.
However, I could not figure out how to change the playback ...
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How to pause VLC playback when the headphones are disconnected?
How is it possible to pause the playback of VLC when my headphones are plugged out?
I can mute the speakers via ALSA, but I want to use the plug trigger to stop the playback, as it is usual in ...
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How to play embedded flash videos in external players?
As discussed in a separate question, embedded flash videos are abnormally heavy on GPU resources.
The answer given by izx here (and namely in one comment) shows that
”Flash 11+ "attempts" (poorly, ...
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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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How to enable hardware acceleration of video decoding in mplayer with Intel HD3000 on Vivid?
There used to be a vaapi build of mplayer but it doesn't seem to be maintained any more and doesn't work in Vivid.
Default mplayer2 build from the repo uses 40% of CPU during 720p playback. Same as ...
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Videos freeze in fullscreen mode in Chrome and Firefox
When I maximize a flash OR HTML5 video, e.g. on youtube, the picture freezes but the video continues to play. I can still hear the sound and even see the mouse cursor switching from normal cursor to ...
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How can I know if nvidia vdpau is working for mplayer/vlc/totem?
I have a laptop with a discrete Nvidia graphics card .
How can I know if my video player be it mplayer or vlc or totem is using nvidia VDPAU or not?
For example, running mplayer2 with the script ...
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How do I enable VDPAU hardware video acceleration support for non Nvidia cards?
I've read about VDPAU and how it enables mplayer to have Hardware acceleration. But i also read that it's only for Nvidia cards
How can i enable it on a non Nvidia card (mine it's a AMD but i would ...
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How to specify non-default audio stream to MPlayer?
I have an AVI with two audio streams inside. How to play it with MPlayer using the 2nd non-default audio stream?
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How do I play a real media '.rm' file
No player seems to support the Real Media codecs I need. I have even tried VLC and movie player, both of which failed.
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HBO GO doesn't work
Does anybody know how to get hbo go to work on ubuntu?
I have installed hal. Tried it with and without pepperflash.
Deleted the flash player folder. None of that works.
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Ubuntu 18.04 screen always freezes with Google Meets
Every single time I am on a meeting on Google Meets, my Ubuntu crashes. The sound and mouse keep working, but the screen freezes. I use Opera Web Browser, and in addition to the browser with Google ...
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How do I add myself to the video group after installing AMDGPU-PRO driver?
I'm trying to install AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 but after installation I can't add myself to the video group. I've tried running sudo usermod -a -G video $LOGNAME but after going into groups all I can see is ...
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My Opera can't play videos
I am using Opera 68.0.3618.125 on latest Ubuntu version. But I can't watch videos. For example on Twitter. Everyone says get libffmpeg.so and copy to /snap/opera/current/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera ...
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How can I play .smil videos?
I want to see some videos that are composed of one .smil file and two .rm files.
(the .smil says to play the two videos at the same time)
If I try to play the .smil, Totem player starts but shows me ...
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Screen tearing on videos (not flash videos)
I mean video files on my hard drive. I get noticeable screen tearing on VLC, Totem, gnome mplayer and Mplayer. I have tried fglrx drivers and now the experimental AMD drivers.
I have a Radeon HD6950 ...
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How to play this file?
I have this video file with the extension .mkv but it is not playing in totem video player and this works in the new versions of VLC(Windows) and I havent tried it on VLC for Ubuntu yet. Is there any ...
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How can I play .camrec files made in Camtasia?
i have some educational videos which made by Camtasia Program
do this program save its videos in *.camrec extension
so the problem is that there is no version for Linux
so how can i play these ...
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Is there any way to install MPV without having to compile it from source?
Hello does any know about/or have a mpv package compiled for 13.04?
I have searched for a PPA without any luck.
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Is there an image and video viewer like on smart phones in Ubuntu?
I would like to present images and videos from one folder in Ubuntu just the way one is familiar with from smart phones/tablets.
Perfect would be if the The GNOME image viewer would be able to ...
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vlc 4k choppy while mplayer is smooth
I'm trying to run a 4k h264 MPEG4-AVC part 10, 4k 3840x2160 video. It's totally choppy on VLC (2.1.6 Rincewind) which seems to use only one CPU. The video is perfectly smooth on mplayer which seems to ...
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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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Why are Youtube videos not playing properly on chrome?
I've had Ubuntu for quite some time now and youtube and everything has worked spectacular! But all of a sudden recently youtube videos have stopped working right. The sound works perfectly, but the ...
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Playing VCDs on Ubuntu
What can I play VCDs with? I tried MPlayer, but it ran the intro scene for a few seconds and exited (I've to choose from the menu in that scene). Does Totem/Movie Player support VCD and stuff?
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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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Prevent mpv's progress bar from covering video
I have managed to set mpv's progress bar as always visible by adding visibility=always to ~/.config/mpv/script-opts/osc.conf. However, the bar occludes part of the video.
Is there a way to resize the ...
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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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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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VLC is not working on Ubuntu 22.04
I just upgraded my system from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04, however, the VLC media player is not working at all, I tried to uninstall it and re-install it (vlc 3.0.18) again using sudo snap install vlc but ...
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How do I stop xscreensaver during movies play?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. I installed xscreensaver in place of gnome.screensaver.
My problem is that I cannot get the screensaver to stop popping up when I'm watching a movie on Movie Player. I have ...
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PDF viewer combined with video player
I need to give a PDF presentation but I want to include some videos in between some of the slides.
Is there a PDF viewer which will allow me to play videos in between slides for a presentation?
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Any video player that can show two subtitles at a time?
I am using Ubuntu 13.10 .
Is there any video player that can show two subtitles at a time while watching?
Thank you.
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How to change font style and size of subtitles in Celluloid?
How to change font family, font size, or even font color for subtitles in Celluloid? There are no relevant options in the settings (Preferences) like in VLC or Totem.
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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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How can I scrub through a video for saving screengrabs frame by frame?
Is there a linuxsoftware suitable for this? Unfortunately VLC doesn't let me do that.
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Is there software to automatically add subtitles to the videos?
I am looking for a software or media player that has subtitles automatically.
For example with VLC, if I do not have the subtitle file, I can not have the subtitles.
Is there any software that allows ...
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Why are youtube videos playing without sound?
I had connected my laptop to PC. After changing the default sound settings from HDMI back to inbuilt speakers, I can play videos on laptop properly. However, the videos on youtube play with no sound. ...
