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Youtube videos not working on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

Hey i installed ubuntu a few days ago and i have a problem, when i turn on my computer and open youtube, the videos play normally but after a few hours on the computer i can't see any more videos ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 aptX Adaptive Support

I have Haylou MoriPods headphones (with QCC3040 SoC) that support aptX Adaptive. My computer has Intel AX211 and this card supports Bluetooth 5.3. However, there is no option other than aptX, SBC, SBC-...
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How to reinstall correctly package ubuntu-restricted-extras

I had a DNS problem when I went to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package on my ubuntu 23.04. Due to this problem the fonts were not downloaded and also the codec packs. The DNS issue has been ...
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How can I get 8K H265 MP4 files to play better on VLC?

My Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra records videos in 8K (24 fps), and I'd like to be able to play those videos in VLC using Ubuntu 22.04. 4K videos play OK, but the 8K ones are very choppy and distorted. Is ...
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No afg or mfg node found and no codecs initialized

I'm stuck since yesterday at boot after the last updates in a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04, and I can't go to the desktop.
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How can I use ffmpeg to convert from mp4 to avi for use in Davinci Resolve without massive increase in filesize?

I have an mp4 file that I'd like to edit within Davinci Resolve. Due to licensing issues, the free version of Resolve cannot edit videos that are encoded using h.264. I'd like to use ffmpeg. I ...
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How can I find out which Bluetooth codec is being used between Ubuntu and my audio devices?

I want to check that Ubuntu is using the best available codecs to communicate with my Bluetooth audio devices. How can I find out which codecs are being used?
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Pipewire + wireplumber don't work on Ubuntu 22.10

I've just upgraded Ubuntu from 22.04 to 22.10 some days ago. I'm experimenting some troubles by watching any online video stream and any mp4 videos saved on my PC. Basically they don't flow. To make ...
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IR Touch frame sensor wrong way

I recently bought an IR touch sensor that doesn't move the way I do. I was able to get it to go up and down. But when I move my finger Left it goes right and if I go right it goes left. I'm not good ...
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Is LDAC audio codec supported in ubuntu 22.04.1 desktop?

My current system is Ubuntu Desktop 22.04.1 LTS and I would like to get step wise procedure to enable/install/setup LDAC on Ubuntu 22.04.1 from experts here. I've already tried searching here and ...
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How to use ldac on ubuntu 22.10?

system - Ubuntu 22.10 earphones - wf-1000xm4 (support ldac) My system currently only show msbc and mcvsd as the audio codecs available. I have already installed sudo apt install -y gstreamer1.0-...
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How to compress videos properly with WebM?

Years ago when the VP8 codec came out, I used a program on Ubuntu to convert all of my files to WebM and it would cut the filesize in half. 22-minute episodes going from 300MB to under 150MB. I think ...
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vokoscreenNG won't start, says "No videocodec found"

I just upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04. Now when I open vokoscreenNG, I see this message: No videocodec found Please install package gstreatmer-plugins-base gstreatmer-plugins-good gstreatmer-...
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Proper way to watch HEVC on supported browser like Chromium

I'm currently experiencing issues with HEVC playback on Jellyfin mediaplayer. I've tried almost everything to get it working but it doesn't seem to find the appropiate codecs or something. My rig has ...
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"Codecs" are marked as orphaned packages by APT after fresh OS install

After installing Ubuntu 22.04 with enabled "Install third-party software for graphics and Wi-Fi hardware and additional media formats" option in Ubiquity APT telling me (apt autopurge) these ...
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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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Fresh 21.10 install can't play .mp4 files - what to do?

I'm a little surprised that my fresh install of Ubuntu 21.10 can't play .mp4 files. This seems like a rather basic ability. Anyway, after getting very unhelpful errors in VLC, I installed the default ...
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video and audio codecs

I want to install video and audio codecs on Ubuntu I heard it is done with this code: sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras But it seems that the copyright law is not observed (nope) Please help ...
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When using VLC player 3.0.16 Vetinari, do I still need to separately instal video codecs, like H.265 / HEVC? [duplicate]

I'm using the latest Ubuntu Desktop 21.10, 64bit on Raspberry Pi 4B, 8Gb and I wander, if I need to separately install video codecs, like H.265 / HEVC, when using VLC player? I'm a newcomer to Ubuntu ...
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Bluetooth headset codecs in Ubuntu 18.04 vs 20.04

I know that Ubuntu (PulseAudio) has well-known issues with Bluetooth Headsets and for some time I was struggling to fix this. After different attempts this one helped me and everything seems to be ...
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how make Filename from Variable value

Is there any bash code for making the file name from a Variable value? ex\ x="IMP" date > x.txt output IMP.txt
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Is it possible to upgrade Gstreamer and libx264 on Ubuntu 18.04?

Ubuntu 18.04 has 1.14 Gstreamer installed and libx264-152. Is it possible to upgrade it to 1.16 or 1.18 as well as some dependent libraries like: libx264-155 and libx265? Whether some PPA exists or ...
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How to handle gstreamer missing codecs

I experience the issue of missing codecs for popular video containers like mp4 and avi both when using gstreamer on the command line as well as when trying to run sample playbin code (details per each ...
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Twitter ask por video codecs in Firefox [closed]

There is a similar question but none of the solutions does it for me. I'm in a clean ubuntu 21.04install
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WhatsApp desktop in Opera not playing videos or offering download

Using Ubuntu 21.04, GNOME 3.38.5 I am new to Linux. I have the WhatsApp desktop messenger feature enabled in Opera web browser. (I used this arrangement under MS Win10 with no problem.) The videos ...
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Is it possible to use aptx when using my Pc as a Bluetooth sink/receiver?

Connecting my phone via Bluetooth to my pc and enabling a2dp streaming from my phone to my pc is easy to do. (Bluetooth 5.0) But there always is a average codec used making the loss of quality quite ...
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Unable to play mkv file

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver. When I tried to open an .mkv file, it showed an error message Unable to Play the file - application/x-rar decoder is required to play the file, but is not ...
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ffmpeg unknown decoder 'libx265'

When I try to make a new video with ffmpeg using this command ffmpeg -f image2 -pattern_type glob -framerate 12 -crf 10 -vcodec libx265 -i *.jpg output.mp4 I get this error message Unknown decoder ...
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How to play brand mp42 video?

Outout of file: VID_20190129_195553.mp4: ISO Media, MP4 v2 [ISO 14496-14] Output of ffprobe: [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x5589e5bb7e40] moov atom not found VID_20190129_195553.mp4: Invalid data found ...
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Using Sony WH-1000XM3 as output AND input headset under Ubuntu 20.04

I need to use the Sony WH-1000XM3 bluetooth headset as output and input device for web calls / webinars (mostly zoom). Currently I manage to use it as output device with the "High Fidelity ...
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I have installed Ubuntu and found that I have no sound

here is output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (...
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MP4 and other format Video Issues Ubuntu 20.04

I have an issue which has recently presented itself which didn't happen before and I'd really appreciate some help. Unfortunately I cannot trace it back to a specific change I made and my extensive ...
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Where can I purchase video codecs for Ubuntu? [duplicate]

Where can I purchase video codecs for Ubuntu rather than downloading video codecs from an unknown source? I would like to purchase it.
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How to playback TRM (US Court Audio Record) files?

I have files with TRM/TRS extensions (US Court Audio/Video Records) that I need to playback. VLC was able to playback the video but does not recognise the audio codec. The error message reads: ...
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Make a live wallpaper

I have a question for you. How can i import a video and insert it as a background. Or let's say a GIF or something like that. I have searched in the ubuntu forums and they propose me to download live ...
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MP4 problems after installing ubuntu-restricted-extras

After installing ubuntu-restricted-extras on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop, I can play MP3 but not MP4 in both Firefox 82.0.3 (64 bit) and VLC 3.0.9.2. Ubuntu is running as a guest in VirtualBox on a ...
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How do I get H.264 support in Opera in 20.10 installed via .deb from official site?

How do I make Opera in Ubuntu 20.10 to support H.264? How to install the MPEG-4 AAC decoder and the H.264 decoder? I tried following but H.264 videos on Opera still not playing: $ sudo apt install ...
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How to view hardware video encoder/decoder utilization on AMD GPUs?

For a long time I've used the tool psensor to view the utilization of the hardware video encoding/decoding block on my Nvidia GPUs, but recently I've been curious about how to perform a similar task ...
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Batch Convert MP4 with ffmpeg

I have a whole bunch of text files, jpg and mp4 in a folder. I want the jpg and text files to be left alone. I want to compress all the mp4 using ffmpeg's -crf argument with a value of 23, to save ...
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Got these warnings when I run "sudo nautilus"

** (org.gnome.Nautilus:70214): WARNING **: 09:38:12.193: Unable to get contents of the bookmarks file: Error opening file /root/.gtk-bookmarks: No such file or directory ** (org.gnome.Nautilus:70214):...
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Where does ubuntu store media codecs?

I have installed ubuntu-restricted-extras to get the media codecs. I was wondering where does these codecs are stored after installtion? Can anyone help with the location?
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Ubuntu 20.04 freezing

When restart Ubuntu 20.04,it becomes freeze, doesn't work touchpad and keyboard. Nvidia GeForce GTX1650 graphics installed in my machine.
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How to decode play Blu Ray .mkv video format file? [duplicate]

System OS version & player media:Ubuntu 20.04 TLS amd64 of VLC&Kodi ;Windows 10x64 of PotPlayer e.g:Rick and Morty S01 1080p BluRay DD5.1 x264-NTb How to play blu ray .mkv files on ubuntu 20....
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AV1 decoder required to play the video in smplayer

I often download youtube videos to watch them later. But some of them does not show any thumbnail and if I try to play them in smplayer it only renders audio and doesn't support video. When I try to ...
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How do I install h.264 decoder? [duplicate]

I am using 20.04 GNOME. I tried to delete VLC with aptitude, which also somehow deleted h.264 decoder required to play some videos. So I can't play videos on my machine any more. I've downloaded ...
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Default Firefox browser not playing some content

I can't play videos like the ones on most twitter posts, for example, https://twitter.com/doglab/status/1255593258916499458?s=20. However, Chrome plays them. Also is there any recommended set of ...
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FFmpeg In Ubuntu 20.04 with Nvidia Gpu Acceleration

I recently tried to integrate NVENC to FFmpeg but the documentation has all messed me up. Is cuda toolkit needed for compiling ffmpeg with NVENC support? If yes cuda toolkit is available only of ...
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Very slow decode times with hevc with ffmpeg 4.1.4 on Ubuntu

I'm getting ridiculously slow decode times for iPhone hevc .MOV files. In VLC or ffplay, the video displays one frame every 10 seconds. Simply transcoding to h264 I get about 1.8 fps. I recall being ...
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How do I produce xHE-AAC Audio files under Ubuntu?

Under Ubuntu I can easily produce AAC files: AAC-LC, HE-AAC and even HE-AACv2. But how do I produce the newest form of AAC: xHE-AAC which promises to give a consistent performance at low data rates?
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My VLC and Parole media players cannot play a video due to missing video/x-gst-fourcc-av01 decoder?

I get the following message when attempting to play a video file that was downloaded from YouTube: video/x-gst-fourcc-av01 decoder needs to be downloaded by parole media player. I have searched ...
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