Questions tagged [video]
Questions related to video playback and recording in Ubuntu. For questions about video cards, use "graphics".
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mpv - How do I slow down ONLY 25fps videos to 24fps? I tried the "autospeed.lua" script but it's doing nothing despite other lua scripts working
Much like how reclock worked on Windows, I want to be able to slow down ONLY 25fps videos to 24fps with the corresponding reduction in audio pitch in order to cancel-out any PAL speed-up (PAL speed-...
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Video files on Samba drives don't play on Ubuntu 22.10
I have a couple boxes that share drives via Samba. They're were all on Ubuntu 22.04 until I upgraded one to 22.10 (on a clean, formatted drive). I mount the drives with a line:
sudo mount -t cifs -o ...
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Unable to play HEVC / x265 video in VLC with display set to 3840x2160 after update to Ubuntu 22.04
I updated to 22.04 last week.
I have a GF 660 and I am running the nvidia 470 drivers.
I have tried purging and re-installing nvidia drivers already.
The following are the symptoms:
When display is ...
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How can I fix Video not playing after installing Lubuntu on Chromebook?
So, I took the leap and decided to modify my old Chromebook by downloading special third-party firmware and deleting the Chrome OS from the machine. The version of Chrome OS I had was unsupported or ...
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Screens stopped working through dock station
I have an Ubuntu 20.04 on a Dell laptop with a Targus dock station (model 412). I have the dock station connected to the laptop through usb-c, and one HDMI and one VGA connected to the dock. It was ...
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Black screen with blinking cursor after install gnome on ubuntu 22.04
I try to connect with UltraVNC to my Ubuntu 22.04 GNOME Desktop envirement.
I can login with SSH successfully to my server 45.13.59.126.
I have installed Gnome by commands:
sudo apt install gnome-...
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Da Vinci Resolve cannot play videos - help please!
I’m new to Ubuntu and I could use some help figuring out why Da Vinci Resolve cannot handle images, or play video. Whenever I import images or video and add them to the timeline, I get this message:
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How can I quickly look through the images and videos within a folder
Is there an app that can allow me to preview photos and videos within a single folder? It does not necessarily have to be a "preview" it could simply open an app but I want to be able to ...
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All videos stutter
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04, 64 bit, Desktop.
When I watch a video, it stutters very noticeable. This happens with every video on every plattform (youtube, disney+, amazon video etc.) also with DVD's or if ...
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video playback problems after reinstalling 20.04
I just reinstalled 20.04 after disc crash. Before reinstalling I had no problems with video playback. Now several (but not all) videos produce "this video cannot be played". EG ...
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vsync lags: xorg gnome window dragging
If I run for example this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCXX91QnZSg and open another tab every window I drag will lag and potentially freeze the DE for a minute. I have sadly an NVIDIA card.
I am ...
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Webrtc H.264 High profile doesn't want to play in browser
I'm having issue with viewing webrtc video in browser when profile is High(profile 640028), baseline (profile 42802a) playback is OK.
SDP is totally fine - if I connect camera with baseline I can see ...
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How do I reinstall ubuntu-restricted-extras
I cannot play any downloaded videos(mp3/mkv). I already ran sudo apt autoremove ubuntu-restricted-extras and sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras several times but the EULA pop-up never opens. ...
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how do I add leading 0's to filenames that have quotation marks around them? [duplicate]
I downloaded Udacity videos for a course and the file names look like this:
'78 - Concurrency Bug Depth Solution.mp4'
'79 - Cuzz Algorithm.mp4'
'7 - Dynamic Program Analysis.mp4'
'80 - Probabilistic ...
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Is it possible to view videos with Amazon Fire Stick using a wireless connection? [closed]
Here goes my enquiry:
I would like to watch videos on TV using a wireless network and the Amazon Fire TV Stick. I have the 20.04.1 LTS version of Ubuntu installed, and I use the VLC media player to ...
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Converting videos to single codec format
I simply want to convert videos, any video codec format(ex: HEVC, MPEG4) to AVC(H.264/x264) .mp4 container with audio codec AAC.
I don't want to resize (scale) the video, I don't want to change its ...
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How to fix videos that turn to white while watching them?
Every time I play a video (mp4, avi, etc) with Ubuntu 21.10, the video fades to white including the controllers (like play button, the time bar etc) but the audio is still working.
Is there a way to ...
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Webcam framerate different in Cheese/Jitsi to framerate in Guvcvuew?
The AnkerWork B600 is a webcam that was released recently.
When I view the webcam using the Guvcview application, the framerate is reasonable (at about 23 fps) with the resolution at 2560 x 1440 and ...
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Raspberry 4b, 8GB of RAM, Youtube playback issue, video tearing, choppy, looks like 4 fps
I have this video playback issue with my Raspberry Pi 4b, 8GB of RAM. My operating system is UBUNTU Desktop, 64 bit version.
spinn2046@UbuntuDesktop:~$ uname -a
Linux UbuntuDesktop 5.11.0-1027-raspi #...
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Keyboard lag when playing video
While VLC runs, I find that my keyboard becomes very erratic. It repeats letters, misses letters, changes up the order, puts several seconds worth of lag between input and display, varying the ...
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Is there a way to play a video with ffplay by clicking on the video icon?
For some reason all the movies I work with cannot be played with the ubuntu Video application or VLC. Right now the only way to play them is using the excellent player ffplay from the console.
My ...
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Hardware acceleration in Firefox not wokring with AMD integrated GPU
I have run into issues trying to use hardware acceleration for video decoding on Firefox 95.0.1 on Ubuntu 21.10, I am using the package downloaded from apt. I have previously set it up on my old ...
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Video gets choppy and stuck in full screen mode when streaming videos
Have an interesting problem on my hands. When streaming videos in full-screen on netflix in either chromium or firefox, after a while (about 20-30 minutes in) the video will get choppy every 2 minutes ...
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External DELL screen is not working with Ubuntu 21.04 on Thinkpad
I am trying to connect my Lenovo, Thinkpad laptop with my DELL external screen via HDMI. Either the external screen blinks and shows the colors in very bad quality or it doesn't connect all with "...
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Internet Video Playback Choppy Ubuntu 20.04.3 LST
Dual booting Ubuntu 20.04.3 LST and Windows. Ubuntu seems to work perfectly, apart from internet videos are choppy/juttery (framerate is consistent apart from momentary drops to very low framerates)
I ...
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Webcam not working, but works on Windows
Hello dear Ubuntu community
My webcam is not working. On Windows 10 it works fine, no problems. lsusb shows no webcam. Cheese says there is an error.
I am running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I am new to Ubuntu ...
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My Kodicom 4400R Camera cards are not working after upgrading to 20.04LTS server
These cards were working under a 16.04 server but that server died so I built up a new box running 20.04 and, when I install the cards, they don't work.
I was trying to view the camera with zoneminder ...
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Is there a way to make a "sound" surveillance script?
I'm looking a way to built something like a sound surveillance box.
I mean something that records audio/video on sound events captured by microphone.
For example it should record 5 seconds audio/video ...
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Pixelated video while in Ubuntu 18.04
When I play some video using VLC or default Ubuntu 18.04 video player, the video seems pixelated. Screenshots from Video and VLC.
I create a simple .HTML file that load the video using the video ...
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Delayed playback of videos (Youtube, VLC)
I'm using an Upnp renderer device for my default computer audio.
For this purpose I'm using https://github.com/masmu/pulseaudio-dlna.
My problem is that in spite all my efforts, there is a huge 2s ...
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How to fix my system freezing every time I launch a video after installing mpv?
Since installing mpv, every time I launch a video, my system completely freezes, and I have to do a hard shutdown. Even when trying to use another media player (SMPlayer with mpv as its backend or VLC ...
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Electron player video quality problem
I recently downloaded electronplayer to watch amazon prime and disney+ but it seems to me that their videos are not running in HD the video quality is very low like 360p so I goto chrome and play ...
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Why can't receive rtp stream on Ubuntu?
I am streaming the desktop over rtp using ffmpeg from computer A. Here is my ffmpeg code:
ffmpeg -f x11grab -framerate 25 -video_size 1920x1080 -i :1.0 -c:v libx264 -preset fast -pix_fmt bgr0 -b:v 3M -...
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Youtube-dl facebook video asks login details in remote server?
I was working on a project which uses youtube-dl, when I was working on the project from my local machine it worked fine without any problems but when I tried to run the same project in a remote VM (...
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I converted a few wmv files to mp4 and I want to compare if the duration of the files are same but I need help
I tried running this:
find -wholename './*/*.wmv' -exec sh -c '[[ $(exiftool -Duration "$1") == $(exiftool -Duration "${1%.*}.mp4") ]] && echo "Equal" || echo &...
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HDMI force hotplug
is there any way how to enable HDMI force hotplug feature in Ubuntu 18/20 like with config.txt parameter hdmi_force_hotplug=1 on RaspberryPi?
For clarification about what I mean by HDMI hotplug:
HDMI ...
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System freezes on Ubuntu 20.04 and WiFi stops working
I suddenly started facing an odd issue a few days ago which seems to happen only sometimes. If I'm streaming video or even doing an audio call on a browser (Chrome or Firefox), my system sometimes ...
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How to stop Totem at last frame instead of rewinding?
I am asking a question which is similar to the one which has already been asked in another place on 2009-11-11 by another person, and which has no reply.
I want to play a short video once, and then ...
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Microsoft teams videos are always redirected to microsoft stream
I have just installed microsoft Teams on my ubuntu laptop. I have also another computer (which has windows) with Teams installed, in this way I can make a comparison.
Unfortunately when I click on ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: Youtube playback not working
I'm facing this weird issue where youtube stops working after a while. It loads, but the video itself does not play. It waits for a while and then it says if video doesn't start playing, restart your ...
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Poor video & image quality in Ubuntu Studio 20.10 with Nvidia GTX 1050 ti
Problems with video playback (poor quality) and picture rendering (artefacts)
Ubuntu Studio 20.10 installed from 5.8.0-25 low latency (Plasma 5.19.5 / KDE frameworks 5.74.0 / Graphics processor NV137 (...
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How to connect camcorder to Ubuntu via HDMI
My camcorder Panasonic includes an HDMI cable. Is there any software I can use to play the videos to my laptop via HDMI port? My system is Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS.
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Unable to play videos (mp4) with VLC nor Parole
I'm rather new to Linux. Running Xubuntu, currently up-to-date. Opening the mp4s with Parole Media Player gives me a ("lined-out") image where you can't see anything.... kind of like a ...
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Can Android mobile be an external video card in Ubuntu?
I want to make an Android phone work as an additional video card while it charges from USB. Not just a „remote desktop“, but a fully-functional video card with working GPU.
As far as I understand, it ...
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Downloaded videos are not playing properly on Video and VLC
Recently I began having a problem playing downloaded videos on both Videos and VLC media player. The videos were downloaded with youtube-dl and previously I was able to play them. I don't have this ...
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Getting errors while trying to update "vlc" from terminal or snap store
I am unable to either update or remove "vlc" from terminal or snap store.
I get the following error while trying to run snap refresh vlc command from terminal.
error: cannot perform the ...
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FFmpeg: Trying to encode all video files in folders and subfolders
I'm trying the following:
Encode all videofiles that are in the folder/directory and below (in
subfolders/directories)
only encode videofiles bigger than 2 GB
encode to h265 including all audio en ...
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Lag when watching a Streaming or during webRTC conference
I installed Ubuntu v 20.04 LTS, here is my config:
$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 5.8.0-40-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
Desktop: Gnome 3.36.4 Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)
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Stripey videos on all media players Ubuntu 20.04
Hi I did a clean install of Ubuntu for the first time yesterday.
When I tried to watch a video with vlc the quality is very "stripey".
I found this question VLC - much worse video quality ...
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ubuntu 20.04:webcam video flickering issue in chrome only
i have updated my ubuntu from 18.04 lts to 20.04 lts when i access my webcam in chrome using this extension i can see my video is black and white and is flickering
i am using janus video room plugin
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