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I tried playing videos in movie player but only the audio could be heard. I tried playing the video with dragon player but here also only the audio could be heard.

A message box appeared showing the following message:

Python (v2.7) requires to install plugins to play media files of the following type: H.264 decoder

I tried installing the plugin but it couldn't be installed. It isn't available in the software center too. How can I get this plugin?

bain
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sonakshi
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In order to play H.264 encoded videos the corresponding decoder comes with the following library:

sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-libav
Kulfy
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Sebastian
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If you want the H.264 encoder, then

sudo apt-get install h264enc

will install H.264 in your system.

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Raja G
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The package that fixed it for me on 16.04 is the gstreamer plugins bad. I got a message about Python-3.5 minimal wanting to install some MPEG-4 AAC plugin, which did not do anything. To fix: In a terminal type:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad

If you still can't get it to work somehow, you can try VLC as a workaround, installable by:

sudo apt-get install vlc

I did not unclick the restricted software, that may work but may disable other codecs. By the way, movie player or Video is the Totem video player.

Vincent Gerris
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I think this is part of the package gstreamer-plugins-bad. If you search for this in Software Center it should show up. It might be that you have to activate the multiverse repository (start Software & Sources and tick the appropriate box for this).

After you have installed the package, Movie Player should be able to play the file.

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The audio-only gstreamer bug can easily be resolved

Hearing only audio on H.264 playback with an otherwise black video screen was reported as gstreamer1.0 bug #1562875.

Luckily, this bug can easily be resolved by issuing the following command once:

$ rm -R ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0

This will take effect after restarting the application.

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Serge Stroobandt
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Installing gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg from a PPA as described below solved this for me.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
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Ibungo
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Easiest thing you can do is Download & Install VLC layer from Ubuntu Software and enjoy your vedioenter image description here Install VLC player [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/hrKWg.png Open With VLC Player [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/k6vpE.png Enjoy [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/Kzg5d.png

Mayank verma __mak
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I had the same problem with playing videos. Video player wanted to download mpeg - 4 acc decoder and h.264 decoder, but this hadn`t happened due to legal reasons (-if I understand correctly what was written in the window what appears after pc was trying to download mentioned programs).

After I unclicked Software & updates -> Ubuntu software -> "unclick" Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse) all start working again. (I mean that after this operation pc downloads what he needed and that it started working).

Andrii Rozrutskyi
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Following this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk5viMViSXk) worked for me. Now, I am able to play and seek forward/backward h264 files created by my Chinese IP Camera.

To sum up:

  • Open VLC.

  • Go to: Tools/Preferences. Select Show settings: `All'

  • In Input / Codecs / Demuxers, select Demux module as h264 video demuxer. Save and restart VLC.

Now you should be able to play h264 file.

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