Questions tagged [video]
Questions related to video playback and recording in Ubuntu. For questions about video cards, use "graphics".
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unable to get cheese to work
I wonder if someone knows how to track down this problem on Ubuntu 22.04. Webcam is Logitech c270 HD. My rights in group videos is drwxr-xr-x I had quite a few problems with cheese version 41. But ...
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EasyCAP with VLC Ubuntu 16.04
I got an EasyCAP DC60+ video capture and want to use it to capture gameplays from a nintendo Wii.
I have managed to install the drivers for the capturer (i think) and i can capture video on Mplayer ...
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How do I create a video DVD from vob files?
I want burn a video DVD from existing .vob files that can be played in a home video player. I've burned one but it doesn't have sound. I tried with k3b (New video DVD Project) because Brasero doesn't ...
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Where's the default video monitor config file?
When I boot my laptop, with an external video monitor attached, the LCD video screen on the laptop comes up in what looks like 1024x768... which I assume is because it's cloning displays, and that the ...
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Cheese doesn't record video from my webcam
Cheese doesn't record video from my webcam... the picture freezes when I press the 'Record a Video' button. If I stop the records, then try and click the record button again it crashes the application....
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How to use GStreamer to play an mp4 video?
I want to use GStreamer on ubuntu 21.04. Here is what I have attempted:
user@host:~$ gst-launch-1.0 -v playbin uri=file:///home/user/thisVideo.mp4
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
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xdg-open myvideo.mp4 in WSL. When I close VLC the same video is played again in Chrome, plus I get many messages
As per title, when I run xdg-open myvideo.mp4 I get the following messages:
Use of uninitialized value $file in open at /usr/share/perl5/File/MimeInfo/Applications.pm line 140.
Use of uninitialized ...
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VLC show framerate of a video
When playing a video in vlc, and opening...
Tools > Codec Information
...I do not see the FPS listed. How can I check the FPS of the video using VLC?
Video was captured with org.gnome.Shell....
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How to set the scaling of the display through command line?
If I use a second monitor on Ubuntu 20.04 and if it has the highes resolution (4K), the 1st screen keeps glitching. I found out after many tries that putting it to 175% of fractional scaling then 200% ...
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Problems with using camera applications (cheese, kamoso and obs studio)
I open cheese, and the camera shows the live feed, which then gets stuck on a single frame and stops capturing anything after. When I switch to video, it starts working and as soon as I start the ...
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Video not working
It appears that the video driver for my Ubuntu has a problem. When I try to boot up Ubuntu, I get no video after the standard checks. What's supposed to be the login screen is blank, and I get an ...
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Bug with videos on Ubuntu 23.10 only when headphones are plugged
Recently updated from Ubuntu 22 to 23.10. When I use my headphones, all videos with audio are broken. When I open a youtube video, the video stops and starts loading, at the same time the audio goes ...
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How to change the framerate of a video without reencoding
I'm trying to change the framerate of an MP4 video (it's a 120fps GoPro video, I want to play it back at 30fps for a slow-motion effect).
I'm using avconv for this:
avconv -i SourceMovie.mp4 -vf ...
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Hardware Acceleration in Firefox not working after recent update
I'm using the Firefox snap version 115.0.2 on Ubuntu 23.04 with Wayland and an Intel graphics card. Last week, I followed this article to activate hardware acceleration in Firefox and verified that it ...
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VLC doesn't fill the screen in full-screen mode
Whenever I try to watch a video with VLC media player and try to watch it full screen, the size of the video stays the same, and the rest of the screen is filled with the color blue. This happened for ...
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Totem fails with missing plugins after 22.04 LTS upgrade
22.04 LTS upgrade two days ago from a fully-upgraded and maintained original 18.04.2 install from ISO in 2019.
During upgrade I did receive several warning popups; can't recall the text now because I ...
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Is it possible for two processes to access the webcam at the same time?
I would like to try using Cheese in Google+ Hangouts, and similar configurations, and I would like to know if it is possible for the webcam to be used by two processes to have access to the webcam at ...
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Screen Flickers Between Video and Login Screen After Reopening Laptop Lid
Hello Ubuntu Community,
I'm encountering a perplexing issue on my Ubuntu system that I hope someone can help me troubleshoot. Whenever I'm watching a video in full-screen mode and then close my laptop ...
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After installing Ubuntu 22.04, the default video player is unable to play any videos
The default video player (Totem) is unable to play videos after installing Ubuntu 22.04. I tried opening an MP4 file and I get the error (also shown in the screenshot):
An error occured
The specified ...
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Lenovo m720q Intel i915 Video Problems with 22.04 and 24.04
I'm moving from a Lenovo m700q (i5-6400T) to an m720q (i5-9500T). I've tried both cloning my 22.04 install and attempting it on m720q, and also attempted a fresh install of a 24.04 nightly and ended ...
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Zoom in Kubuntu app does not display video when I select a virtual background
I am on Kubuntu 22.04
I just installed zoom with snap
sudo snap install zoom-client
zoom-client 5.17.10.3512 from Oliver Grawert (ogra) installed
I opened the app and when I select any other option ...
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How do I use fbr files?
I have a video file in fbr format. These files are supported in BB Flash Back Express. I want to install that in my ubuntu, but couldn't find any way. Is there any way to install flash back player in ...
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How do I fix VLC sound stuttering after pause/resume?
On most (maybe all) videos, when played with VLC, pause and resume works fine as long it is only a second or two. When I pause the video for longer, after unpausing, the video plays fine but the audio ...
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Streaming websites do not give me the same image quality on Ubuntu as on Windows, how can I fix this?
I am trying to play movies and series on Amazon Prime videos and Netflix, but the quality is low compared to Windows. My laptop is the Asus Vivobook s15 OLED bape Edition model.
Graphics card: Intel ...
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vlc failed play rtsp video from command line
I am using Ubuntu and VLC for an application which needs a tiled-of 5X4 videos in the screen. The video source are ip Cameras and it transmit videos as RTSP streams. the sample URL to access the feed ...
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Screenshot video stops after two seconds on fresh install of 22.04
When I start the screenshot functionality (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+R), choose the video and then hit the red record button, I can see that the screen capture is being started as the video counter is running at ...
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How to change the webcam aspect ratio and zoom for MS Teams video conferencing
System: Ubuntu 18.04
Webcam: Logitech C920 / C922
I use mostly the Microsoft Teams Ubuntu app (v1.4) to join work video calls. I also make Zoom and Meet work video calls on occasion.
The webcam ...
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gnome network displays freeze on full hd video
I use gnome network displays on Ubuntu 22.04 with different Miracast devices I stream to. Showing a desktop or a static website works, while when I want to show a video in fullscreen mode (1920x1080, ...
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Can't Play an MP4 Video in Ubuntu 22.04
I am not able to play this video file in my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS OS:
https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hands-On-OpenCV-4-with-Python/blob/master/Motion%20Detector/airplanes.mp4
I installed ubuntu-...
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If playback doesn’t begin shortly, try restarting your device
Please help guys. I get this annoying error whenever I play any video. It buffers for 10 seconds and then starts. Buffering is there whenever I play any video but error only shows in youtube. When I ...
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VLC and MPV cannot play video files from samba share
This involves a Freebox Pop server but (see NOTE at the end) is not limited to the Freebox server, as all samba shares are affected. The Freebox has a USB entry where I have put an external 2 GB drive ...
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What applications can create a video from an audio file and an image file(s)?
I have an audio file, and an image file (or several image files). Which applications allow me to create a video that combine the audio and image files. For example, the audio file is a recording of ...
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Best software for taking photos when motion is detected in a camera stream? [closed]
I'm searching for a Linux friendly software for security cameras, I'm using Mint Victoria. I need a software that can read both webcams and IP network cameras without being too complex to use.
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Screen turns off while watching video (VLC player & SM player)
I'm on ubuntu 12.04 and I've already read similar questions and answers regarding this issue but none of them reported the same problem as I have.
The problem is that the screen turns off after 10 ...
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How to see the Video Card Temperature (Nvidia, ATI, Intel...)
Is there a command (Via terminal) to see the temperature of any video card.
Already Tried sensors with the sensors-detect applied. Does not detect for example, Nvidia and ATI video card temperatures.
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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 to merge MP4 video without audio with MP3 file using CLI tools, considering offset
I have a challenge I'm hoping to solve with your expertise. I possess an MP4 video file that lacks audio, and a separate MP3 audio file that I wish to synchronize and merge with the video. The ...
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How to monitor user inactivity without using d-bus on ubuntu 22.04 using gnome 42.9
How to monitor user inactivity from kb or mouse without using d-bus and tracking any video fullscreen or small screen on ubuntu 22.04 using gnome 42.9
I already have a solution using dbus however ...
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How to play DLNA content in Totem (Video) app in Ubuntu 23.10?
I'm trying to play DLNA content (from my Synology server) via the Totem app but it does not appear on the Channels tab (while VLC on the same PC is able to discover and play). It is the totem app that ...
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How to make video go forwards and backwards using the mouse scroll wheel in Celluloid video player?
How to attach mouse scroll wheel with Celluloid video player to forward & backward video?
Which command should I run for this?
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Video editing - Changing Soundtrack
I have a short MP4 clip of my adult daughter being interviewed on television. I also have an MP3 sound clip of her talking aged 3 years.
What's the best way to substitute the sound on the video with ...
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Video Freezes System in Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04
I'm currently using Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS on a Dell Precision Laptop with the latest bios firmware and Nvidia Quatro T2000 graphics. The laptop has a Intel i9 processor and 32GB RAM and a 1TB NVMe SDD.
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Can MPlayer flip a video horizontally?
I know VLC can do it but that stopped working :(
Can Gnome MPV do it? Can MPlayer do it?
It makes learning Tai Chi from videos soo much easier.
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How can I find all video files on my system?
I tried using the Unity Lens File search for *.* and filtering by Last Modified=All, Type=Videos, and Size=All, but found nothing, although I know there are some .3gp files in my Pictures folder. I ...
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Why camera not showing on Qt app using libvlc on virtualbox
My camera is not showing up on the Qt app by using the libvlc on the Virtualbox. I'm getting the below error when I debug that the camera can't show on the Qt app.
[00007fe3b8098480] main video output ...
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Bulk converting mkv files into mp4 files using only one line of xargs
This answer converts a batch of mp4 into mp3 using a for loop.
I want to achieve something similar with only one line of code. After some trial and error, I figured out the following code.
ls | grep ....
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How to crop a video in Kdenlive
Is there a way to crop a video in Kdenlive in this way:
select a crop region.
output a video in the size of the crop region.
It sounds like a common use case, e.g. record a screen and remove some ...
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Poor Video Playback - Low Frame Rate
I have pretty poor frame rate when playing .avi video files.
I tried VLC player, but I am still not satisfied because it is bad comparing to windows. I played some .rmvb (RealMedia) movie yesterday, ...
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How to restart /dev/video
I'm creating a webcam feed the following way:
using this Python3 lib: https://github.com/Flashs/virtualvideo
plus having v4l2loopback-utils installed (not 100% sure it's needed)
enabling the video ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 locks system while in use
Running on a Dell 5680, Ubuntu installed by Dell (computer came with it).
All settings that I can find are set for no locking, no screen saver, no sleep. It can be used for no more than 15 seconds ...
