I am trying to run some MP4 videos on SMplayer , but the player is only playing the audio, and no video is visible. The same file I open in VLC player is showing video + audio. I like SMPlayer, as its better in usability, therefore looking for the solution of playing MP4 files in it.
Thanks
smplayer probably not working because video ID is set to 0.
don't know about other SW, but for me it worked, when I put into ~/.config/smplayer/smplayer.ini
under section [%GEneral] put: (without quotes) "current_video_id=1"
Hope it helps
For Playing Restricted Formats install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
I had a similar issue, in the present year of 2022. I verified that the codec streamers could display video with the following commands, and they all worked:
FFMPEG:
$ ffplay 'video name.mp4'
with gstreamer:
$ gst-play-1.0 'video name.mp4'
mplayer:
$ mplayer 'video name.mp4'
This was courtesy of the following post: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2422025&p=13870148#post13870148
I ensured that the mpv 'Multimedia Engine' (located at Preferences → General tab) was indeed located at SMPlayer's designated/preferred location of: /snap/smplayer/64/usr/bin/mpv
I also used the 'other' location of a standalone mpv I installed separately, by manually specifying the path: /usr/bin/mpv
SMPlayer still refused to display the video, but could stream the audio.
Also there was no suitable 'Config' file (out of 49 with config string in their filename) to adjust according to mate-search-tool in the file path: /snap/smplayer/
In the Preference → Video, setting of SMPlayer, I changed the 'output driver' from 'default' to 'x11'. Video worked. Video files were encoded with MP4 and MKV(HEVC)
Also if you install SMPlayer with Snap repository, you'll need to go to 'Ubuntu Software' manager and adjust its permission to be able to read file off a removable drive like USB and encrypted partitions.
