Questions tagged [vlc]
VLC Media Player is an open-source media player / transcoder / streaming server maintained by the VideoLAN organization.
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How do I set VLC media player as default video player?
I can't seem to set VLC media player as the default video player. I have gone to System Settings → System Info → Default Applications, and changed "Video" to VLC media player.
However, all movies ...
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How to merge multiple (more than two) videos on Ubuntu?
I want to merge videos in batch size of twenty (20) each. I'm running a Linux machine. The videos are in mp4 format and moderate quality. Some even have the audio stream missing. So far I've tried ...
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unable to play HEVC files on ubuntu 14.04 LTE
I have tried VLC and totem players but they are not working.
I then searched and re-installed the VLC with latest version available, this time I am getting a green layer on the video.
Any help?
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How to update VLC to the latest version?
As VLC 2.0 is released, how do I get it in Ubuntu (XUbuntu actually, in my case) 11.10? Any PPAs or packages to download? The official page says "Ask your favorite packager..."
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How to configure the foward/rewind step size (in seconds)?
The default setting of vlc is to skip x seconds when forwarding/rewinding based on the video length (there's also the possibility to make small steps (hotkey for that is configurable)). How can I set ...
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Skype and VLC sounds sizzling, distorted, bad, crackling
I have the same problem as described in the questions skype notification sounds sizzled and bad sound on login to skype. But it is not only the login, notification, but also when talking to somebody. ...
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How to convert .ts file into a mainstream format losslessly?
I have a file that ends in .ts (e.g., here are the first 10 MB). I would like to convert it to a more main stream format (e.g., mp4, MPEG2-PS...), in a lossless way if possible (i.e., remuxing).
I ...
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VLC won't play DVD movies [duplicate]
I installed VLC player on my Ubuntu 14.04 system. DVD movies won't play (no sound or picture) even though the computer tries to start the movie. What's wrong? Is the version wrong for Ubuntu 14.04?
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VLC media player is not displaying video, but audio works
I had installed VLC media player from the Ubuntu Software Center recently. It worked for some time, but then instead of the video, only a blank screen was displayed with the audio. Even the same ...
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Where is the VLC logfile for errors?
I tried to open a blu ray with VLC, but I got this error message:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.
For further information I have to read a log from ...
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How to show subtitles under the video in VLC?
Using VLC 1.1.12 on Ubuntu 11.10, I'd like to show subtitles under the video so that they don't disturb me.
I tried to change it: Interface > Preferences > Subtitles & OSD > Force subtitle ...
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Black screen when playing a movie in VLC player, just the sound is enabled
When I move the VLC player window, I can see the video but when I stop moving it, then it gets back to black.
This happens not only in VLC but with my webcam too, when I use camorama webcam.
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Can linux play blu-rays?
So I recently bought a blu-ray drive since I started accumulating a bunch of movies and shows on the format, and I was wondering if linux/ubuntu can actually play them? If not it's fine I can just ...
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Why isn't VLC the default video player?
Why does Ubuntu come with Totem set as default? Is there a reason or am I just wrongly assuming everybody thinks Totem is actually inferior to VLC?
Not to mention VLC is vastly known as perhaps the ...
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Unable to capture screen with VLC on Ubuntu+KDE 17.10
I am trying to play screen in a VLC window. (To share-screen on chrome) When I try to capture screen with "Desktop" option it says:
Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'screen:...
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VLC player mutes when seeking
In my Ubuntu 14.10, I have VLC 2.2.0 installed. I encounter this annoying problem that VLC mutes when I seek forward or backward through a video. I have to do few seeks backward and forward again to ...
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How to make the keyboard media keys to work with VLC globally?
My keyboard has media keys and they work globally on Unity with Banshee but don't with VLC when another app is focused.
How would I fix that?
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VLC won't open video files from a secondary internal hard disk
I have installed Ubuntu 16.10 on a 120GB hard disk (sda) and I have a secondary internal hard disk 500GB (sdc) which has nothing else but a folder with video files in it.
When I try to open a video ...
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VLC is still running even I closed it already. How to I close it?
How do I close the VLC? After closing VLC and opening it again, the process is still running on my taskbar. How do I close or end the process?
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VLC crashes on startup: Qt: Session management error: Could not open network socket
I using Ubuntu 20.10. All of a sudden, VLC cannot be started. When trying to run it through the command line, I get:
$ vlc
VLC media player 3.0.12.1 Vetinari (revision 3.0.12.1-0-g170157402b)
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VLC not displaying video properly in FullScreen?
I have VLC 3.0.0 installed on my Ubuntu 15.10 PC. VLC does not display video properly in full screen.
Windowed mode:
Full Screen:
I have tried reinstalling VLC, removing VLC completely using ...
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VLC Media Player Green Line
I am using Ubuntu 14.10 64bit and the latest version of VLC media player, when I play a video (MP4, MKV AVI etc... it doesn't matter) at the bottom of the screen there is a green line
It isn't an ...
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How do I resume video play from the point it was stopped with VLC?
How can I play a video starting from the point it was stopped last time?
This is useful for watching long videos.
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and VLC media player.
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How to Force Quit a not responding application? [duplicate]
VLC doesnt quit. How do I force quit the application?
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Can anyone recommend a good VLC alternative?
I'm getting sick and tired of VLC. The issues are too many to mention in detail, but generally: bugs (ballooning out of memory on fake/exotic movies, leftover windows, many others) and the ergonomics ...
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How to add "Add to VLC playlist" to the right click menu of Nautilus?
The Problem
While you are playing any song or other media file on VLC and open another such file, then another instance of VLC opens. (You aren't going to hear and understand anything until you are a ...
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VLC Pixelated Video When Skipping
After upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 I immediately noticed an issue whereby VLC now shows terrible video when you skip around, which only appears to fix itself after a few seconds, which I am ...
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VLC - YouTube videos won't play anymore
I would like to play youtube videos on VLC.
I am newbie (one of mac os re, but can fallow instructions :)
when i enter address on network stream nothing happens it is on the playlist but nothing ...
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Is it possible to close vlc to system tray?
I have recently installed vlc remote in my phone and I can't use it unless vlc is opened so I was wondering if it is possible to always keep VLC opened like skype and utorrent in windows,
Thanks 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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how to open multiple vlc interface (window) in xubuntu 14.04 lts
I am using xubuntu 14.04 lts. I notice new menu only allow to open one interface(window) of vlc. I want to open two interface from menu at the same time for vlc.
Is it possible to have that?
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Playing Blu-ray using VLC
I've been searching for a way to play Blu-ray using VLC on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit and all of them tell me that I've to somehow rip the disk into .mkv format then play it.
But today, I found a page with ...
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VLC will sometimes have issues displaying video in fullscreen.
Recently VLC has been having issues displaying video in fullscreen mode. AFAIK, nothing has changed with the video card drivers and it's certainly the same version of VLC. (/me shakes a fist at the ...
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Cannot play avi or mp4 file in both Movie Player and VLC
I downloaded some videos (both mp4 and avi) and I am unable to play them both in Movie Player and VLC.
In Movie Player, it displays error message saying "Could not determine type of stream".
When I ...
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What is vlc-nox?
At the time time of installing vlc on my laptop I entered the command in terminal vlc. It returned a message saying:
The program vlc is not currently installed. You can install it by typing sudo ...
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How do I play m3u8 files?
I would really like to play m3u8 files (more specifically, http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/NTV-Public-IPS.m3u8) but when I try to run it on VLC player, it goes on to multiple .ts files with a ...
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Way to make video-thumbnails generate from VLC instead of Totem?
I'm suffering from problem that video-thumbnails do not appear in nautilus for some video files. I just found this bug typefinding: some mpeg files are not identified as mpeg files which seems to ...
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How do I solve green layer problem while playing HEVC in Ubuntu 14.04?
I have a HEVC (x.265) video. I am trying to play it in latest VLC (Rincewind 2.1.6) in Ubuntu 14.04. I have already installed VLC plugin for HEVC. Here is the screenshot:
However, when I try to play ...
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VLC : Error, Unable to save subtitles
I use Ubuntu 18.04 with VLC 3.0.7. Since some time ago, I am not able to automatically download subtitles through VLC. I have to use the Click here to open the file option in the error dialogue and ...
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How to download and install VLC?
I want to install VLC. When I ask it to download in Ubuntu, it tells me to 'Choose an Application'. What does it mean, and what should I do? Clicking on 'choose' gives me a list of my own files and I'...
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How can I play videos in a framebuffer?
If I don't want to install a GUI, just install a minimal Ubuntu amd64.
Ok, but: I heard that I can still run e.g.: Firefox in a "framebuffer" (?), so I'm asking, that how can I run e.g.: a VLC media ...
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How do I install VLC extensions?
VLC player allows installing extensions, plugins, skins. They have to be copied into a folder: for example, its .lua extensions should be in a folder with the same name. Where is that?
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Vlc won't start
Here's the output I get:
$ vlc
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)
No error message, no nothing.
After forking at least I can see that it crashed:
[1] + 25287 exit 1 ...
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Ubuntu VLC subtitles blurry
When I watch a film with subtitles in either VLC or other movie players, the subtitle isn't as clear as on Windows.
It's thin and seems to be grayed out, whereas in VLC on Windows I have a clear ...
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How to play rtsp streams in ubuntu?
More specifically, the question is how to play rtsp streams from addresses that have a question mark in them.
I.E: rtsp://some.server.name:554/video_file.wmv?authstring=sOm3StrIN2==¶m=3
I ...
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How do I stop the screensaver from coming on during VLC movie watching?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and my screensaver keeps coming on while I'm watching a movie. I don't remember this happening in 11.04 and can't remember how to stop it?
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How do I enable hardware accelerated video in VLC with Intel HD 4000 GPU?
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Dell Latitude E5530, and I am unable to get hardware accelerated video decoding running in VLC player.
I've ticked the hardware acceleration option in the settings of ...
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Ctrl shortcuts not working in VLC
I'm experiencing some keyboard shortcuts not working in VLC after upgrading to 15.10. The problem persists in 16.04
If I just open VLC with no file loaded, almost all shortcuts involving Ctrl do ...
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VLC player cannot open files or directories out of "/home" [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 with VLC player 3.0.11.
The player works well on files and directories within /home (for both /home/myname and /home/test), but cannot open files or directories located in other ...
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Play only audio with VLC
Is there any way to launch VLC from the command line such that it will not play the video, only the audio, of an MP4 file?
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