Questions related to video playback and recording in Ubuntu. For questions about video cards, use "graphics".
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Ubuntu Toshiba Dynadock u3.0
I am having a few issues with my new Dynadock u3.0.
First of all, all of the USB connections are working as well as the usb ethernet. The only two issues I am having are with the usb audio and the ...
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Asus Eee PC R101d videos don't play properly in Lubuntu 12.10
I installed Lubuntu 12.10 on an Asus Eee PC R101D (Intel Atom N450, Intel GMA 3150). And there is a problem with video playback. It won't play videos properly, only stuttering, extremely slow, ...
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Can I install Ubuntu 12.10 without installing video drivers?
So I have an old (got it FREE) laptop that my mom gave me after she spilled coffee on it. I was able to clean it and get it running Windows XP. I was only able to do this by letting it BSOD and ...
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New video card stops at Ubuntu startup screen
I have removed an older Nvidia card and put a AMI HD4550-based card into a Ubuntu machine running 11.10. I ran the Nvidia uninstall script and then have followed that by using the steps in Is my ATI ...
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Optimizing brightness of movie file
I have a video recorded with a very simple camera that looks quite dark. I want to increase the brightness, and while I can do it by hand, I have seen some options to apply "smart" optimizing ...
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Problems with LAN and NVidia GTX 660 [closed]
I have a mother board ASUS P8H77-V and a NVidia GTX 660. In the mother board doesn't work the Ethernet (Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)) and I can't able to install the ...
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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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ATI Radeon HD 5650 on Ubuntu 12.10
We've got a laptop running an ATI Radeon HD 5650 and we're trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 on it, yet without luck getting the drivers for the video card running correctly.
On the internet I've seen a ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 video playing problems + internet drives and video card drives
Hi sorry if someone else already asked this questions but i have some problems. i have an Asus n76vz laptop with both Ubuntu 12.04 and windows 8.When i play a film on Ubuntu the image seems good and ...
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How can I concatenate several FLV files into one?
I have a handful of FLV files that are in fact a single sequence. I'd like to combine them into a single file, e.g. part1.flv, part2.flv, part3.flv become final.flv.
What is the easiest way that I ...
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ATI/AMD propretary grafic driver and hdmi
I had the driver installed and working (without it I was not able to get sounds through HDMI). Today something happened and the desktop zoomed in so that bars went out of the screen.
By disabling the ...
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Why can't I play any sound or video while tuxguitar is runnig?
When I lauch tuxguitar while some audio or video is playing I get no sound from tuxguitar.
When I launch tuxguitar first then neither video nor audio will play.
ubuntu version 12.10, tuxguitar 1.2
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Multiparty video conferencing between Linux/Windows?
I have a group of friends that we are often physically separate, but we like to play old school table top RPG's. A video conferencing solution seems ideal for this.
What we need is cross platform, ...
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Ubuntu virtual terminals hotkey problem
This problem appears from at least 11.04 till at least 12.04.
Usually if you want to open one of six virtual terminals, you press hotkeys Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6] (or Ctrl+Alt+F7 to go back to X).
But I have ...
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What are some good alternatives to PS3 Media Server?
I've typically ran PS3 Media Server for a few years now to serve and transcode Video to multiple devices. It's great at transcoding videos for each device specifically.
In my experience, PS3 Media ...
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Video tearing on Radeon running Ubuntu 12.10 need help with xorg.conf (I think)
I've recently managed to get 3D accelerated graphics working on my laptop with a Radeon HD 7520G. I'm using the default Xorg driver (i.e., not the proprietary ones which seem to create worse problems ...
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How to get thumbnails for Hi10p videos?
Does anybody know how get thumbnails for Hi10p videos?
I've tried installing the most recent versions of VLC and ffmpeg but neither work for this purpose.
Solution
I managed to find the answers ...
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How to convert DVD to WMV (or another format acceptable by Windows Movie Maker)?
I need to convert DVD to WMV file or another format acceptable by Windows Movie Maker (video is going to be edited on windows machine). What software should I use?
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Chrome Screen Tearing while rendering pages
I know my question might be close to this question, but for me none of the solution fixed the issue completely, although one has improved the situation a bit.
Simply put, I have rendering problems on ...
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Unable to play certain youtube videos
I am in the process of moving from Windows to Ubuntu as my primary and only OS. My wife is taking only classes and I have found that youtube videos from Ashford University are the only ones that do ...
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12.10 or 12.04 on Asus U36SG?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop and there are some problems:
1.I couldn't install the video driver (gpu 610m) neither from nVidia's site nor manually from the terminal.
2.Battery life ...
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How stream a video on a server with VLC?
I have a Raspberry Pi with a video in /home/user/documents directory.
I would like to play this video on my computer by streaming it with VLC.
Can you help me?
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How do I enable VSync in the browser on Lubuntu using Intel GMA HD?
How can I enable vsync in LXDE? Right now I have a lot of tearing when watching videos in the browser, while I don't notice this in videos played by mplayer.
I suspect that vsync is disabled, though ...
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How to install mpeg-4 aac and h.264 decoder on Ubuntu 10.10? [closed]
I'm trying to play a video which requires the above mentioned plugins. I've looked at a few answers on this topic here but it hasn't resolved the issue for me.
What I've tried until now :
1) sudo ...
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How to fix this problem, where sometimes /dev/video0 becomes automatically /dev/video1 as a result other apps cant read
I have one camera USB which on connect makes a place as /dev/video0, now using other applications while its reading /dev/video0 works fine, after some time like couple of hours later, automatically ...
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Dumping a list of corrupt video files & quality
Having trouble finding a solution to this. I have a folder with a few thousand movies in it, and maybe 20-30 are corrupt. I'm trying to find a way to list these corrupt files (NOT delete them). They ...
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Why can't I install codec for ffmpeg?
When I run
sudo apt-get install libavcodec-extra-53
I get
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libavcodec-extra-53 : Depends: libfaac0 but it is not installable
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How to do GIF animations for instructions and learning purposes over GUI?
I am trying to categorize many similar threads here.
For example, I find this GIF animation freaking cool in this answer here. How can I do this kind of animations? How can I make sure it does not ...
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How to fix video playback showing green screen with just audio?
When I attempt to view a video file, I get a solid green screen with audio, regardless of the application or file format. This happens with .mp4, .gp, and .dv files.
I am unable to use live web cam ...
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Recording speaker audio using avconv
I'm having some problems recording the audio from my speakers using avconv.
This is the command I type into the terminal:
avconv -f alsa -i pulse -f x11grab -r 30 -s 1920*1080 -i :0.0 -vcodec ...
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Video hangs while playing on VLC
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.I am unable to play any video.When I play video on VLC the video freezes and after few min it moves to some other frame and also the sound is breaking.
PC ...
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Loading ac3 files in VLC player [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to view video file with external ac3 audio track?
I have mkv and english.ac3 files. That mkv plays with the default audio stream which is not english. How do I load ...
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Are there tools to measure video quality?
I am looking for any tools that can measure the video quality in a subjective way (As how the eye sees a moving picture). Are there any tools to which I could input a video file and get a subjective ...
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How can I install the ATI video card driver for Ubuntu 12.04? (ati radeon hd 3200)
I don't know if there really is an answer on this web site, I have searched a lot in all kinds of forums but I don't find the answer, I want to install my drivers the best way possible, but there is ...
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Video server for PS3
I am trying to get my Ubuntu desktop to be able to share videos so my PS3 can watch them over my network.
I would like a folder,or something similar that I can share as a media center so all of the ...
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Thunar Disable video Thumbnails only
Is there a way in Thunar (within XFCE) to disable displaying of Video thumbnails only and still allow Picture thumbnails?
I found this thread:
Show me only picture thumbnails
But that is for ...
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Skype & Cheese video
I cannot view the webcam in Skype or Cheese.
The webcam is working because it is viewable on the Skype call at the other end and Cheeses will take photos. Also I cannot view any incoming videos in ...
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Installing USB 2.0 Video Grabber with Audio
I got USB 2.0 Video Grabber with Audio by Monoprice as a gift from my brother and i can't get it to work on Ubuntu 12.10, and I am still new to Ubuntu. Ubuntu wont read the device at all when plugged ...
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Recording video with audio from webcam?
I've tried cheese and wxCam and both of those record the video fine, but there is no audio in the videos. How can i record a video from my webcam with audio as well?
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Video card recommendation [closed]
I'm looking to upgrade my video card to something more powerful. I currently have an ATI Radeon 5450 512mb. I'm looking to upgrade to perhaps a 1gb card or maybe even a 2gb but I'm trying to stay ...
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Black/purple screen after installing and rebooting ubuntu 12.04LTS on a Dell inspiron 1100 series laptop
Please can you help?
I tried to revive my old Dell laptop computer by installing Ubuntu 12.04LTS in place of windows XP. After installing and rebooting, the infamous black/purple screen appears. ...
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Best is the best format to store videos? [closed]
I download and import videos from various website and devices. I also view them on various devices requiring different formats.
I want to convert my videos into a single base format, then convert ...
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Looking for Compatabile external usb video adapter for ubuntu 12.04
I have a gateway sx that has two video output ports 1 DVI and one VGA. The DVI port went bad and I want to add an external usb vga video card that will work with ubuntu 12.04 64 bit so I can use 2 ...
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Unable to play movies at all
I just installed Ubuntu, and thus I'm unable to play movies. For example, if I run *.mkv file, I get the error of " Gstreamer backend error - Can't play the text file without video or visualization". ...
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What Ubuntu-compatible software is available to remove shaking from a video?
I've got some some home movies that look great, but my video camera doesn't have one of those fancy new stabilizers. Is there extant end-user software (preferably FLOSS) I could use to removing the ...
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video/audio output via HDMI Ubuntu 12.04
I've been out of the Ubuntu loop for quite a while now and have a completely new laptop now. Just installed Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit and would like to output my video and my audio via HDMI to my ...
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How do I loop a movie infinitely on another monitor?
I want to loop a video infinitely in another monitor. How do I do this?
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Re-encode video files
I have lots of video files and am running out of storage space fast. Without affecting the quality too much, what is an easy quick way to re-encode these files to smaller files?
The original files ...
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My screen is messed up, using GeForce 8400 GS NVIDIA
My screen is all messed up. I can see everything beside my start menu and when I scroll up the mouse arrow goes up and out of the screen. It's not normal.
Do I need to install "GeForce 8400 GS ...
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AOD270 Aspire One N2600 video lag [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Fullscreen youtube videos lagging a lot
I am new to linux and am noticing lags with youtube videos on fullscreen on this laptop.
Acer Aspire One AOD270.
My research ...
