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I have some .mkv files and I'm trying to play then in VLC. The audio works but the video does not (just a black screen).

I tried in the "Videos" program. There is video but its very choppy and not fluid.

I have installed the "snap" version of VLC then snap run vlc. That didn't change anything.

I tried to install ubuntu-restricted-extras but it doesn't seem to exist for 18.04.

Any ideas? This is getting frustrating!!

user203748
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  • This link should help with extras package, probably why having trouble with mkv. https://askubuntu.com/questions/936742/how-can-i-install-ubuntu-restricted-extras – crip659 Jun 25 '20 at 23:08
  • What do you get when your run mediainfo yourfile.mkv | grep -i codec ? (you have to install the mediainfo package first).My VLC in ubuntu 18.04 plays mkv files well with the video codecs V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC.Maybe it's a problem with the video codec. – Parsa Mousavi Jun 26 '20 at 08:00
  • @crip659 I installed the extras but they didn't changed anything unfortunately. – user203748 Jun 26 '20 at 10:05
  • @ParsaMousavi My results are: V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC. – user203748 Jun 26 '20 at 10:09
  • @user203748 Try this : sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-libde265 . You have to add the PPA ppa:strukturag/libde265 first – Parsa Mousavi Jun 26 '20 at 10:24

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