Questions related to video playback and recording in Ubuntu. For questions about video cards, use "graphics".
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How to download streaming video from a flash player (stopstream)? [closed]
My problem is very similar to this post, the only difference is before the flash video is up, there are few flash ads showing, I tried to follow the steps in the answer in that post, but got lost due ...
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Screen goes blank when VLC is playing a video
During playback of a video file (on the HDD) the screen attempts to go blank. If I move the mouse the blank screen disappears and I am able to see the video again.
I have checked the settings; ...
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Movies lag in full screen, although flash works fine
I have an Alienware m11x R2 computer running Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) with Nvidia drivers and Bumblebee for Optimus technology.
The problem that I have is that if I play a video in full screen it lags, ...
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Is there a way to improve video performance on my Dell Mini 10?
Is there a way to improve video performance on my Dell Mini 10?
I have a fresh copy of 12.04 installed and I am having trouble with video performance.
Watching things on Youtube is painful, the audio ...
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Video player that prefers accuracy over fluid playback
I need a video player/encoder that values accuracy over fluid playback, that is:
It must never drop a frame, even if this means waiting and jitters
It must scale video without interpolation (only ...
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Miro does not play Flash and HTML5 videos
I wanted to watch the Olympics, so I installed Miro 5.0.2 (49960df1) on Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit. After downloading the Olympics podcasts, I tried to watch the live streams but I was greeted with these ...
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Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS blank screen after install [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
I downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS from the Ubuntu website and ran the windows installer. It ...
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Why are embedded flash videos (like youtube) so heavy on the GPU?
I have noticed (in psensor, and listening to the fan) that my GPU is terribly hot when playing youtube videos.
What happens at that point? Is this related to Flash in Ubuntu?
Youtube in Firefox and ...
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Fullscreen youtube videos lagging a lot
In my PC, I can watch youtube videos without any problem. However, they lag so much on fullscreen, that it's basically impossible to watch them. How can I fix this?
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Is there a plugin that will let me use a web cam when chatting with my MSN contacts in Empathy?
I use Empathy to chat with my friends. I can use the web cam with my Google contacts thanks to a plugin, so I want to know if there's a plugin also to the MSN contacts.
I moved to Ubuntu 12.04 from ...
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Easiest way to stream videos from my server?
I'd like to download movie torrents from my Ubuntu server as its download speed is much higher than at home. However, it is pretty pointless if I then have to download the movie from my server to my ...
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Why are colors messed up on video playback (Nvidia bug)? [closed]
It's been since Ubuntu 11.04 that a regression appeared which causess all video playback (which uses hardware acceleration) to have all the colors messed up, at least on NVidia graphics cards. The ...
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Audio delays progressively when recording with ffmpeg
I am trying to record screencasts in Ubuntu 12.04, I have a working command, the audio sounds great and the video looks great. I have one issue though, the audio delays as the video goes on. At the ...
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Display lag, Partial Sound lag
My specs:
AMD Athlon 4400+ 2,1 GHz 64-bit
ATI Radeon HD 3600 512 MB DDR3 800 MHz
2 GB RAM DDR2
OS Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-bit
I reinstalled Ubuntu many times this week. I remember I was ...
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Getting Dazzle DVC 100 to work in ubuntu
I just jumped ship from windows 7, I have everything working with the dazzle dvc 100...
I have tv time installed but it doesnt have it as a input...
Help please?
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Very poor performance after downloading Kazam screencaster
I wanted to do some fullscreen video recording to demonstrate some software I was using.
I downloaded Kazam screencaster but the performance is really bad.
I recorded 30 seconds of video but it ...
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Downloading youtube videos with minitube
Minitube has been working great for a lot of the youtube links, but for videos that require confirmation that you're older than 18, they don't work. Is there something I can do about this?
Or if ...
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Dual Monitors Won't Work
I am running version 12.04 LTS with the additional driver installed for my graphics card; HIS Radeon HD 5450 Silence 1GB DDR3 HDMI HDCP.
I have an LG (don't know model) and a Dell (also no model) ...
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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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How to download streaming video from a flash player (arte)?
there are a couple of concerts that I would very much like to view from Arte (I think it's a french TV channel?) but my connection is not good enough to stream the video. How can I download the file ...
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Record and display Kinect audio and video via avconv
I'm trying to record audio and video from a Kinect using avconv but I seem to have trouble specifying the right options.
avconv -f video4linux2 -video_size 640x480 -c:v h264 -c:a ac3 -i /dev/video1 ...
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Is there any video-chat-via-lan software?
Is there any video-chat-via-LAN application that doesn't require an Internet connection?
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How to install Intel HD 3000 video driver? (Ubuntu 64bits) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install drivers for an Intel HD Graphics?
I cannot find in the intel website how to install the pre-compiled packages. Someone have a instalation guide? Please, ...
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capturing video from webcam and saving to a file
I am trying to capture video(alongwith audio) from a webcam.
I need to record the video and save it to a file,for further processing.
Would like to do it through CLI.
Any ideas how to do it using ...
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how to make browser video go fullscreen [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix Flash issues?
I have been trying to watch videos in my browser on fullscreen.
For example : ...
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How do I install drivers for Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 in 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install extra drivers?
Nvidia driver cannot be installed with jockey for old hardware
First let me state that I'm the newest of newbies and really don't know ...
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Craving acceptable video playback and nothing more, armed with 11.10. Oneiric and blessed with an ATI 256MB card
My problem seems to be relatively simple: I would like to be able to watch simple videos on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric), using an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450, 256 MB graphics card, presently relying on the ...
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Ubuntu doesn't copy video files to Sandisk USB Flash drive
I recently purchased a new SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32 Gigabyte flash drive. I tried to put movies on the flash drive, and it seems to work, but when I plugged it into the PS3, the video files did not ...
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Where is VLC Media Player installed? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the equivalent to the Windows “Program Files” folder?
I have VLC Media Player as a .deb file which i installed successfully.
However i do not know ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Fullscreen Video Dual Screen
I recently starting getting this issue when making full screen videos.
So two things happen pretty consistently.
The video tries to fullscreen and fails and snaps back to window
Or it succeeds and ...
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How to join video files from terminal?
I have tried avidemux2_cli, mencoder, ffmpeg, cat..
But this doesn't always work (With the most of the times the error is that the audio codec is not the same)
Maybe i put wrong options in the ...
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Why is my streaming video so choppy?
I am new to Ubuntu and have installed the most recent copy of Ubuntu 64bit. I also have a relatively new NVidia video card, GeForce 210 1GB DDR3. I have downloaded the drivers for linux from NVidias ...
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Flash plug-in crashes about 50% of the time
Like the title says, my Flash plugin keeps crashing.
It happens on videos on many sites like YouTube. (I joined the html5 beta at YouTube to sort that out, but that doesn't fix other sites.) The ...
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Desktop recording software with keypressing hints
I am looking a desktop recording software like democreator, which can automatically create tool tips of the input key pressed in the video being recorded, such as when I press Alt+Tab, it creates a ...
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Can't generate thumbnails in Nautilus
Before I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, thumbnails on video files worked nicely, after the upgrade, thumbnails aren't generating on video files and only on video files, most of them are .mkv files. I have ...
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Assaultcube weird problems Ubuntu 12.04
I'm trying to run Assaultcube 1.1.0.4 on an Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit setup with an intel graphics card, worked fine on 11.10 32-bit, but whenever i try to change my resolution, it bounces back to 1293x715, ...
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Youtube runs very slowly on all web browsers Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are Flash applications so sluggish?
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS last week, and it has been running fine. However, whenever I try to view a video on YouTube, there ...
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how to install the Intel® 82845G Graphics controller Ubuntu 12.04
in the page :
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Graphics&ProductLine=Desktop+graphics+drivers&ProductProduct=Intel%c2%ae+82845G+Graphics+Controller
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Video/Graphic render issue with high quality (HD)
I have Dell N5010 with 512 MB Graphics (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470), 4GB RAM, i3 2.53GHz, 15'4'' LED Display, Ubuntu 11.10.
When I open a HD video/movie with VLC, Rhytmbox, or Media Player (default) ...
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Fix for poor HD playback using ATI or NVidia graphics
Hi all I was wondering if any one had a fix for the poor HD playback of ubuntu I see many questions on here and google but no one seems to know.
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How to move flash video window to the primary display?
How can I move my flashplayer video (fullscreen) to my primary monitor? I'm using Kubuntu 12.04 and two displays.
Didn't find anything with Google. If you need more info let me know.
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(Only) YouTube Videos automatically fast forward
I recently updated my Ubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04 lts and there seems to be a problem while I'm playing YouTube videos they, for no reason, start to fastforward (audio and video). This does not happen ...
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Webcam stops/turns off when I the recorded motion seizes
I got a weird problem. My webcam stops recording when I leave the view. Then, if people move by at medium to far distances, it does not turn on again. As soon as I step into the view (close to the ...
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Why are all videos jerky on an Intel 845G graphics controller in 12.04?
Currently I am using Lubuntu 12.04 desktop installed on my PC. When I play videos, the videos are really slow. It skips frames
I have following PCI devices installed on the system
Host bridge : ...
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Alsa version numbers not consistent
I've recently moved from 10.04 to 12.04 and have problems with crackles on audio when the screen changes (especially obvious in a Skype conversation with video).
Kernel Information
Kernel release: ...
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How do I change default program to open video files (12.04)?
I would like to change the default program to open video files to VLC player. Currently I have to right click on a file and choose 'Open with...' option which is not the end of the world but very ...
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Flash videos go haywire in fullscreen mode in Google Chrome 20 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix Flash player in Chrome 20?
Whenever I go fullscreen on a youtube video, there is a moment of static, then the controls continuously jump all over the ...
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Video's won't go into full screen
Whenever I try to play a video in full screen, it does nothing. I press the button, it flashes as if the video disappears, and then returns to how it was before. I have successfully gotten into full ...
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YouTube videos not available in Rekonq
YouTube videos are not working on my Ubuntu 12.04.
Most of the videos say "Video not available at this moment", but if you go to someones channel, it says "undefinded" but displays audio.
Browser is ...
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HD flash video lagging on LG R400
I'm installing Ubuntu on my friends laptop. An LG R400 with ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 graphics drivers. On Windows Vista which runs pretty slow the HD flash videos 1080p on Youtube vimeo and other ...
