Questions tagged [video]
Questions related to video playback and recording in Ubuntu. For questions about video cards, use "graphics".
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Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS Impress does not play Videos
The videos in my Impress slide show do not play any more. I think they stopped working after upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS. I have not changed the videos, mostly MP4 files.
I’ve read and followed a ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 video playback on VirtualBox Choppy
I am running Ubuntu 24.04 on VirtualBox fully up to date, and my Host OS (Windows 11) is fully up to date as well. VLC won't play any mp4 or other files, and the built-in player has choppy video play ...
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Screen freeze on Ubuntu 22.04 when playing video in Chrome or FF
Ubuntu 22.04, started freezing 2 days ago when playing videos in browser. No heating or signs of increased mem usage before this happens. Sometimes vids play for a minute or so, sometimes immediate ...
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Video Players doesn't work
I recently installed Ubuntu for learn about how GNU/Linux works.
I have noticed that Ubuntu does not have a built-in video player so I tried to use another one like VLC or Dragon Player but none of ...
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Play amazon firestick on linux laptop
I would like to be able to watch amazon firestick on my linux ubuntu laptop (Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS) instead of on a TV screen. Is that possible? I would prefer not to use an emulator as they can be very ...
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How to check or setup /dev/device belong to which group
In a Chinese blog that I followed for compiling Mali GPU drivers following paragraph I cannot understand
After restarting, check that /dev/video-enc0 and /dev/video-dec0
should exist and belong to ...
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How do I stop videos stuttering when running with nordvpn
The issue is that when the nordvpn is running videos do not play smoothly.
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Video performance with vlc and with the system video player on Ubuntu 24.04 is poor
I have downloaded VLC in an attempt to improve the performance of video playback on my Ubuntu 24.04 system. However, I am still experiencing issues where the video images stop intermittently while the ...
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Strange colorization with my DE
I have Kubuntu 24.04 installed, I added the oibaf repo for my video drivers (amd video card), and all was working fine till yesterday. FYI: I've been using this video card with oibaf since Kubuntu ...
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Video sometime causes freezing, xkill won't respond Ubuntu 24.4
I'm a newbie so please make it simple. About 40% of the time when playing videos from an external drive, the video freezes and stops everything even alt+f2 for xkill won't respond so all I can do is a ...
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Youtube website is hardly loading and videos aren't playing
It seems to initiate downloading and streaming the video but the download seems hardly working and then stops. Also the fan seems to work at high speed.
This is under firefox 27.0 (64-Bit), but I ...
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ffmpeg drawtext on ubuntu : ffmpeg does not change text location
I'm trying to edit a video with ffmpeg and I need the text to change randomly every 10 seconds, like in the site's own example. I tested this command:
ffmpeg -i "/home/editor/downloads/video_2023-...
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Rendering GIF in Kdenlive results in pixel dithering/discoloration
Using Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
If I render a video in Kdenlive as an MP4 file, it looks fine. If I render it as a GIF, the solid grey part of the video has this odd pixel discoloration effect? I don't know ...
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VLC freezes the image when the mts video file format is played. SMPlayer is doing fine. The problem has been there since (X)Ubuntu 18.04
The video format is mts FHD. MPEG-2 transfer stream.
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Aspect Ratio: 1.77778
Format: hevc
Transmission rate: 5317 kbps
Frames per second: 50.000000
Selected codec: hevc
Size: ...
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SMPlayer 24.5 on Ubuntu 24.04 does not play video files from external drive. Ubuntu 24.04 difficulties like Bluetooth, Nautilus, TaskBar
After installing Ubuntu 24.04 (same on Xubuntu), there was a problem with SMPlayer version 24.5. I get an MPV error when I want to run a movie from an external drive. The SMPlayer 23.12 version ...
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Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 youtube video lagging
Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 youtube video lagging
It happened some time first time i download blix(email client software) and after installed it i notice that make my youtube videoo lagging either chrome and ...
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Firefox started by Selenium WebDriver does not render videos
I use a ruby script to start Firefox using Selenium/GeckoDriver on Ubuntu 20.04.
When I start Firefox in such way, it doesn't play videos, an error in console says: <filename> could not be ...
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ffmpeg x11grab on ubuntu: increase FPS
I am trying to configure FFMpeg to capture whole FHD screen (browser with videos inside and sounds). The result has too low FPS (from 3 to 15 per second, depending on CLI params, but i need at least ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 ...
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Path of file in Ubuntu for JS
This maybe possible duplicate, but didn't found exact problem as me.
I have a Ubuntu server, which running Flask over Apache, problem is I have next path:
/var/www/someapp/video.mp4. And app.py file ...
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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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Intel Xeon E5 2680 x 2 / NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] computer will boot up on Live USB perfectly, but only boots to black screen with full install
Ubuntu 22.04 freshly installed a month or so ago.
I then started installing aplications and utilities. The utility application indicator-multiload caused my GUI to be unusable. I tried for a week or ...
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How do I prevent Ubuntu from sleeping while MPV is running?
When I watch movies in the Videos app, the screen does not dim or lock while the movie is playing. However, in MPV, the screen dims and eventually locks following my default sleep settings.
In general,...
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Vlc metadata, save audio
I have been trying to do a lot of things today, I am trying to play a network stream in VLC and I know it is an option that will write the transcended stream into a file and save it from my nas ...
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Which NVidia driver should I be running? Is it possible to change the driver (as a test) and easily revert back?
Here's the driver I'm currently running on my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS & X11.
How can I know which one that is best?
Is it possible to switch to another one and try ...
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Ubuntu Server 22.04.3, installed gnome, no display
Had Ubuntu 22.04.3 Server installed on an older tower with VGA, DVI integrated video hardware. Had brilliant idea to install Gnome GUI system for easier access while trying to set up samba for home ...
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'Your GPU memory is full' error in DaVinci Resolve, Ubuntu 22.04, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, changing kernels didn't solve it
I'm trying to get DaVinci Resolve running for the first time. I'm running Ubuntu 22.04. Initially I was getting an error about GPU processing mode before the program would even open.
After some ...
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mpv : video problem
mpv displays some videos (10-bit?) as a checkered image, as I show in the screenshot below (I don't know how to describe it, does this have a name?):
Checked:
hardware acceleration enabled/disabled
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MKV File causing VLC to stop playing abruptly
I've just installed Ubuntu 22.04 on a 10-year-old, x86_64 Dell Latitude laptop with an Intel processor, and integrated graphics. Apart from being choppy on Windows, there was this issue when it came ...
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Second monitor does not work
Ubuntu 22.04.3 does not recognize my second monitor connected with DVI cable.
It identifies on "monitors" but does not play video
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videos from non-linux partition don't play
I installed linux dual boot with windows, now I can't play any videos from another mounted partition.
I should also mention that only videos have this problem and I can open pictures, documents, music,...
