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20.04 ubuntu video player says, "H.264" not supported. How can I fix ? I got the error when I try mpeg2 format. wemb format was ok.

dreamer101
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  • See if this helps: https://askubuntu.com/questions/384650/how-to-install-h-264-decoder – yms Oct 18 '20 at 16:27
  • You may need to enable multiverse before: https://askubuntu.com/questions/89096/how-do-i-enable-the-multiverse-repository – yms Oct 18 '20 at 16:28

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For me, I just installed VLC.

sudo snap install vlc

If you want to use the default players, I heard installing the Ubuntu Restricted Extras should install all the codecs that couldn't be shipped with Ubuntu. (It didn't work for me, though...)

sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras

gl :)

Onin D.
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