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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Video playback is messed up
I have a new dual-boot install of Kubuntu 23.10 and Windows 11. This machine has an NVIDIA GTX1650 graphics card. Playback of videos is problematic. MP4 videos will play in Dragonplayer and VLC (but ...
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How do I kill cvlc while watching a stream?
I am watching a stream by using the command
cvlc v4l2:///dev/video0 on an Ubuntu device with a webcam. How do I exit? I've tried Ctrl+C, q, :q, etc, and the stream does not quit.
Currently I've just ...
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Lubuntu: VLC Won't Play DVD's
I have downloaded and installed lubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64 onto my old Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop, upgraded to run with 2GB RAM. This is a 64-bit machine with its original 80GB HD and is working ...
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Black Triangle When Playing Videos
Whenever I play a video file it has a black triangle near the top left corner. It seems to be somewhat related to sound. It's not constant but seems to show up when the sound is really loud or the ...
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Start video with VLC on Linux from Windows PC using ssh or Putty
I need to start videos on the Linux computer. I am not always able to access it directly. I am using Windows PC and I can ssh to that Linux PC. Do we have any way to start the video to play in VLC ...
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DVD cannot be read in Xubuntu Linux 22.04
There is an issue with reading DVDs in Xubuntu. I am running Xubuntu Linux 22.04 on a 2010 MacBook Pro. I am trying to play a regular DVD with encrypted copyright protection (not Blu Ray). Whenever I ...
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Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi (ARM architecture) - cannot run AVCHD MTS, or mp4 movies
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 on Raspberry Pi 400 (an ARM computer).
I can connect to an Internet TV feed, or YouTube, using Firefox, and then the broadcast runs fine.
When trying to play .MTS videos (...
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VLC media player is not opening
I have downloaded VLC from Snap but its not opening after double clicking and I deleted it and reinstalled it from Ubuntu app store but still, i am not able to open it pls help me
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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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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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Unable to play DVDs on Ubuntu 22
How do you watch movie DVDs on Ubuntu 22?
When I install a commercial movie DVD into my player, nothing happens.
I've install Xine and VLC, and run through all the guides (mostly outdated ones like ...
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Avi video will not display properly with either the Videos program or with matlab's VideoReader, but it displays perfectly fine in vlc
I am trying to load up some videos (avi files) into matlab to analyze them a bit; I recorded them using myCam 1.1 on Windows 7. I would like to analyze them on my linux computer; however, when I use ...
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VLC not working when displaying to Chromecast
since a few days, I can't display using VLC any video to Chromecast.
I have Ubunu 22.04 and VLC 3.0.18.
I open my video with VLC, I change the renderer to my chromacast device and the video simply ...
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vlc does not display via vlc-wrapper but cvlc works after 22.10 upgrade
After upgrading from 22.04 to 22.10, vlc-wrapper no longer displays dvd video content (sound works). However, and oddly enough, running cvlc works.
I am under x11 rather than wayland because of ...
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Unable to play videos on 22.04 LTS
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 back in June and was able to play mp4 as well as flv files without any issues. Suddenly about two weeks ago, I'm unable to play those files either using the default "...
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Unable to play HEVC / x265 video in VLC with display set to 3840x2160 after update to Ubuntu 22.04
I updated to 22.04 last week.
I have a GF 660 and I am running the nvidia 470 drivers.
I have tried purging and re-installing nvidia drivers already.
The following are the symptoms:
When display is ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 really strange audio problems when playing videos with vlc/videos app, but no problems in web browser
I'm not even sure how to start troubleshooting this. I have some .mp4 files that when I try playing them I'm getting choppy audio when opening with vlc/videos app. If I open the same files with ...
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H.264 (High 4:4:4 Profile) is not installed
I have recently installed Ubuntu 22.04. Many of videos are not playing. The error is "H.264 (High 4:4:4 Profile) decoder is required to play the file".
I searched the Internet and found ...
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All videos stutter
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04, 64 bit, Desktop.
When I watch a video, it stutters very noticeable. This happens with every video on every plattform (youtube, disney+, amazon video etc.) also with DVD's or if ...
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How to re-install default media player on Ubuntu 22.04?
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 as a minimal desktop install, after a while I realised I could not play any media files due to lack of player. I assume, if I had chosen the option of a full install I would ...
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how do I add leading 0's to filenames that have quotation marks around them? [duplicate]
I downloaded Udacity videos for a course and the file names look like this:
'78 - Concurrency Bug Depth Solution.mp4'
'79 - Cuzz Algorithm.mp4'
'7 - Dynamic Program Analysis.mp4'
'80 - Probabilistic ...
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Segmentation fault opening videos in totem
I just upgraded (not a fresh install) from 21.10 to 22.04 LTS. The upgrade went well, no issues there.
Unfortunately, I just noticed that I now have some issues when playing videos. In the last hour ...
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Is it possible to view videos with Amazon Fire Stick using a wireless connection? [closed]
Here goes my enquiry:
I would like to watch videos on TV using a wireless network and the Amazon Fire TV Stick. I have the 20.04.1 LTS version of Ubuntu installed, and I use the VLC media player to ...
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VLC audio and video stutter at very regular intervals while playing back a network stream
(Ubuntu 20.04)
I recently experienced a problem when trying to playback a network stream in VLC under Ubuntu 20.04. At regular intervals, the audio and and video would stutter briefly. The same ...
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Can't Kill VLC until Restart
Sometimes, after I play some videos with VLC Media Player, it stops working and I can't use it or kill it. The icon still appears in the system tray. When I click it and press "Quit," ...
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Why is ffmpeg and vlc able run RTSP stream but gstreamer is unable to?
When executing this command (gst-launch-1.0 rtspsrc location=rtsp://--- --gst-debug=3) I get this output:
Image
Not sure how to make sense of this because my RTSP stream is sending via TCP. Also, this ...
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Raspberry 4b, 8GB of RAM, Youtube playback issue, video tearing, choppy, looks like 4 fps
I have this video playback issue with my Raspberry Pi 4b, 8GB of RAM. My operating system is UBUNTU Desktop, 64 bit version.
spinn2046@UbuntuDesktop:~$ uname -a
Linux UbuntuDesktop 5.11.0-1027-raspi #...
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VLC plays videos with audio dropouts
I have installed ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I use VLC to play DVDs and videos. Audio dropouts occur when playing DVDs and videos. Can someone tell me how to fix the problem.
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Keyboard lag when playing video
While VLC runs, I find that my keyboard becomes very erratic. It repeats letters, misses letters, changes up the order, puts several seconds worth of lag between input and display, varying the ...
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After installing dvd source for playing dvd's I got this!
I installed restricted extras, multiverse, other codecs over a week period periodically found out how to get libdvdcss2, and libdvdread4, both where not supplied by the terminal, bash or shell. ...
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Hardware acceleration chrome+youtube?
I am having an issue watching hd (720 or 1080) videos on Ubuntu 21.04 fresh install. I get really high cpu usage (50% on all cores) which is pretty high for a 720p vid. I tried watching the same video ...
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Is there a Linux VLC version which supports the SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) protocol?
I use OBS Studio to stream live video using the SRT protocol.
To receive the stream, the current Windows and MacOS versions of VLC can be used.
But the Linux versions were compiled without libsrt, and ...
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Pixelated video while in Ubuntu 18.04
When I play some video using VLC or default Ubuntu 18.04 video player, the video seems pixelated. Screenshots from Video and VLC.
I create a simple .HTML file that load the video using the video ...
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How to open a video file in Windows using the Ubuntu terminal?
So I am learning the Linux/Ubuntu command line. One of the things I want to be able to do is to use the Ubuntu terminal (Windows Subsystem for Linux) to open video files (mp4) on my computer (Windows ...
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Cannot play AVI video
I have an AVI video. I have tried it playing it with the standard Ubuntu "Video" application as well as VLC. It cannot be played.
The video has no problems as it can be played no problem in ...
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1080p video can't play in VLC
I was first a Windows user, but recently switched to Ubuntu.
I want to play 1080p .mkv videos on VLC but it won't play properly. In Windows it works but not in Ubuntu.
VLC was my default player, but ...
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Can't play 1080p mkv videos in default video player or in vlc
I have downloaded ubuntu restricted extras, but I can't play the video file which is in 1080p mkv on my laptop.
In vlc player only audio plays and in default video player audio & video both laggs
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Unable to play video on ubuntu 21. AC-3(ATSC A/52) decoder, MPEG-4 AAC decoder. H.264High profile decoder are required to play this file
I am trying to play a movie but this is what I get (after downloading VLC) : video error message
So I presses "Find in Software" and I got these options
I tried installing the first 3 of ...
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How should I fix the following VLC problem? It shows distorted bottom half of the video
I currently have strange issue with video playback using VLC 3.0.8 from official Ubuntu 18.04 LTS repository.
VLC shows gray or distorted bottom half of the video as shown below:
on all full length. ...
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GOM player alternative for ubuntu?
Is there a video player that can solve these problems??
When I use VLC, its audio system is a little annoying. During speaking, its volume is low. During action and fighting, its volume is high. I ...
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Why can't receive rtp stream on Ubuntu?
I am streaming the desktop over rtp using ffmpeg from computer A. Here is my ffmpeg code:
ffmpeg -f x11grab -framerate 25 -video_size 1920x1080 -i :1.0 -c:v libx264 -preset fast -pix_fmt bgr0 -b:v 3M -...
