Questions tagged [video]
Questions related to video playback and recording in Ubuntu. For questions about video cards, use "graphics".
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Do I really need multimedia codecs in the server?
I can't find a good answer for my question, do I as a developer and system administrator, need to install ffmpeg, faac, alac,wavpack, vorbis, lame, imagemagick and other mutlimedia codecs for running ...
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What's previnting me access to camera for videoconferencing?
I recently reinstall Ubuntu 24.04. However, it appears I cannot use the camera for videoconferencing. I suspect some process holding up the camera. Google Meet and Jitsi report that camera Microphone ...
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ffmpeg segment has gaps
I'm running this command in a systemd service:
ffmpeg -re -i http://192.168.1.100:8080/stream -an -nostdin -q:v 6 -f segment -strftime 1 -segment_time 600 -segment_format mjpeg '/mnt/hdd/%%Y-%%m-%%d_%%...
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CSI Camera Module and Libcamera Issues on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
I am facing various issues while trying to use a CSI camera module on my Raspberry Pi device with Ubuntu 24.04.
System information:
Device: Raspberry Pi 5
Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04
Camera Module:...
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Intel Corporation Device a780 (rev 04) - Onboard Video
Trying to get proper video card drivers installed on Ubuntu 20.04 (5.15 Kernel) for onboard Intel a780.
lspci -v | grep -A 10 VGA
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device a780 (rev 04) (...
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video display error 224002 recent download 20.04.6
I have Ubunbtu 20.04.6 installed on several machines with varied hardware recently that do not have this problem ... BUT my recent download of 20.04.6 (past 2 months) has resulted in the 224002 error ...
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How can we play videos on ubuntu core machine?
I used ffmpeg snap on my ubuntu core machine to receive video packets from an ip camera and save it on my ubuntu core machine as a mp4 video file but when I am trying to play the video using ffmpeg I ...
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How can i solve Ubuntu 24.04 freeze requiring hard reset on video calls and other harwdare acclerated video apps
I have recently bought a ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 and installed ubuntu 24.04.
Unfortunately i experience crashes. Those crashes seem to relate to applications using display stuff for hardware ...
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Surface Laptop 3 Crashes On Keyboard Input After Screen Blank
Running 24.04.1, laptop boots fine, I can login, everything works perfectly until the laptop is left idle and the screen eventually shuts off. At that point I can still ssh in and everything is fine, ...
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Screen color control (temperature)
Does anyone know if there is an application where I can control the screen color? Specifically for blue light. In Cinnamon there is this applet, but I wanted something for Ubuntu. Redshift is not very ...
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How to share video stream to WSL2 with ffmpeg?
Most solutions for using a camera in WSL are to build your own WSL kernel. I have realized it with the steps mentioned in Capturing webcam video with OpenCV in WSL2
However, it's complicated and time-...
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Unable to transcode h264 to hevc on Ubuntu 24.04.1
I am attempting to transcode an h.264 video to h.265 using ffmpeg and Intel Quick Sync
hardware.
hwinfo:
str3: "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz"
lsb_release -a:
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`v4l2-ctl` vs Gucview: which tool shows more accurate USB camera capabilities?
I've used Logitech 1280x720/30 camera on my Ubuntu 22.04.
I've set-up some Python code to use GStreamer to read video from the camera. However, I can only get 7.5 framerate, even though it is supposed ...
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Videos app fails to play videos on Wayland+nvidia but it works on vlc or smplayer
My hardware specs:
CPU: Intel 9900k
GPU: PNY 4800 RTL
MEM: 32 GB
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte z390
After installing Ubuntu 20.04 I started a x session and videos worked ok. Then, I moved to wayland checked ...
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Youtube videos no longer displayed in Firefox after migrating to Ubuntu 24
I've recently migrated to ubuntu 24.04.1 (Noble Numbat) (clean install) and I've noticed that Youtube videos no longer load in Firefox. I don't get any explicit error message outside the console, just ...
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Camera not working after upgrading to 24.04
Having tried all the solutions on this site, none solve my problem. I have installed Cheese and camera is not found. The message is 'There was an error playing video from the webcam.' I installed ...
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Video files on an NFS shared drive are not opening when double clicking on the file in thunar
I have an NFS share with video files which I access using the thunar file manager on my Xubuntu.
When I double click (or press Enter) on a file, nothing happens, but if I launch VLC and open the file, ...
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Intel RPL platform notebook has short battery life
When I used a laptop on the RPL platform (i3-1315U) to play video under ubuntu, the power consumption of the whole machine was very high, resulting in a very short battery life. When playing 1080P ...
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Video streaming is lagging too much while bluetooth headset is connected
I am struggling to watch videos online through browser from any site(including YouTube) while my Bluetooth headset is connected. It's giving neverending buffering, video pause after almost every 30 ...
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serviio with ffmpeg on server 22.04 refuses to display .mpg and .mp4 files
Both packages installed using apt. Starting serviio using the shell script which has had the SERVIIO_JAVA_OPTS variable 'ffmpeg.location' edited to point at /usr/bin/ffmpeg. All ffmpeg helper drivers ...
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ubuntu 24.04 won't configure nvidia-driver-390 using software and update
Upgraded to U24.04 and decided to run the nouveau graphic package this time. But it has continues to have issues, the desktop icons keep moving and some only load occasionally
I tried to install the ...
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Does the Boya BY-M1 microphone work on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
I'm planning to buy the Boya BY-M1 microphone for my YouTube channel, but before purchasing, I want to confirm if it works properly on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Has anyone used this microphone on Ubuntu, and ...
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OpenCV VideoCapture recording is sped up
I am trying to save some footage from a webcam but am coming across some issues. My webcam supports compressed (MJPG) and raw (YUYv 4:2:2) formats and I am trying to get MJPG due to the faster fps. ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS Freezing During Video Calls/Video Playback – Audio Continues, No Input Response
I'm encountering a frustrating issue with my system that has been running fine for years, but recently it has started freezing randomly once a day. Here's my setup:
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
CPU: 11th ...
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Laggy video on ubuntu installed on the old mac mini
I have a mac mini mid 2011 with following specs:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 МБ Intel 6th Generation (Sandy Bridge)
Intel Core i5 2.3x4
It is connected to a TV with hdmi cable
When it had macos ...
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How to enable a webcam on an LXD virtual machine
I have a virtual machine running Windows 10 on an LXD container. I recently enabled audio on this VM with the following instructions:
lxc config set win10 raw.qemu -- "-device intel-hda -device ...
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mp4 codecs missing after upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
HW Info:
HW Model: Dell Inc. Latitude E6540
MEM: 4,0 GiB
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4300M × 4
Graphics: ...
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upgrading from 22.04.3 to 24.04 using auto upgrade when complete the video fails to start
upgrading from 22.04.3 to 24.04 using auto upgrade when complete the video fails to start.
video was previously working with a nvidia-390 driver for my gf100gl [Quadro 4000] driver=nvidia lacency=0
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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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