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A video player is a software application that is used to play video files. Use this tag if your question is related to a video player problem.

A video player is a software application that is used to play video files. There are many video players that can be installed on Ubuntu. Some of the most popular are:

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Persian/Farsi videos subtitle problem?

I have problem with subtitle in Persian/Farsi using all good video players. I have tested all reading options formats (all different area and language to read), but all did not work. I can type Farsi, but it can not show subtitle to Farsi.
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How can I scrub through a video for saving screengrabs frame by frame?

Is there a linuxsoftware suitable for this? Unfortunately VLC doesn't let me do that.
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How can I add sites for SubDownloader or SMPlayer to search in?

I am new in Linux. I have installed Ubuntu with WUBI three days before and I have not opened my Windows all these days. The only thing I miss is the ability of BS.Player to find subtitles. I have tried to install BS.Player with Wine, but it doesn't…
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problem to play a video with parole

I've a problem using parole in my xubuntu14.04. When I try to play a video MP4 or OGG using parole I get this error message: "GStreamer backend error: Could not initialize supporting library " Can anyone help me to find out the solution? @AB here is…
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how to play MLV video on ubuntu

I have Ubuntu 17.10 and i want to play the MLV video format. i tried the default video player and VLC and doesn't work. i tried also the following command: sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-libde265 and the result that this package not found
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Ubuntu 16.10 Video Closed Captioning

Every time I play a video that has closed captioning embedded, I see the closed captioning on the screen. How do I turn-off closed captioning for videos in 16.10?
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Watch online videos locally on PC

I have seen that you can use VLC player to play online videos locally on your PC. The problem with that, is that it is a function of VLC, so it is player dependent, and it doesn't work on every website. So my question is if there is a program or a…
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what is playback speed in ubuntu's default movie player

I have a movie which has been recorded by a digital cam at 1000 fps. When I play it in Ubuntu's default movie player (Video 3.10.1) I am not quite sure at what frame per second rate it gets played since the duration of what gets played is far longer…
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How to open a file with special character in their path?

I tried to run it from total commander, I tried to make a link to it /media/DATA/#TO_BACKUP/_MUSIC/MUSIC2/Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit).avi but it says Failed to execute child process "/media/DATA/" (Permission denied) Opening the full…
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Video-player does not work in Ubuntu

I'm a Ubuntu newbie running 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" on a Dell laptop. Everything seems to work well so far, except for online movies, which don't play at all. (I don't yet have any DVD discs of movies.) I can only play Youtube. No LCV or Totem app…
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Play DVD movie using Parole

I have installed parole DVD player and would like to watch a movie. When I start parole it is not clear how to load and start the movie. The movie is a dvd purchased from the store. How do I start the movie using parole?
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Convert youtube video to playable cd on dvd player?

I found great videos on youtube and I would like to share them with the family, but my family does not want to watch them crowded together by my computer, but rather would like to watch them in the living room with the dvd player. I have VLC and a…
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12.10 Movie Player crashed entire system

Having intermittent issues using Movie Player to view video files. Most of the time, I can watch the first video fine. But if I then close Movie Player, and open a second video file from Nautilus, my entire system freezes. It freezes so that I can't…
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not opening video mpg file in ubuntu 20.04

I have installed ubuntu 20.04 on my desktop. But, the mpg video file is not opening here. I followed the command " sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras" but it is not showing anything when is selected and put the enter button. below seeing 2%…
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Video in google meet

Unable to open my video in google meet Voice is clear in google meet conference, but video cannot be switched on I use Ubuntu and firefox browser when I followed instructions for Cheese,I am able to see myself in the video camera webcam from…
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