How to open xz file into movie player program

Question

my friend sent me film with xz format and that file can't open. How to open that xz file in movie player program?

Answer 1

xz is a compression file format. To uncompress it

If your file format is tar.xz use

tar xf archive.tar.xz

and if your file format is xz use

unxz archive.xz

If you are having problem with tar xf command then you may need to install xz-utils . FYI xz-utils comes pre-installed in Ubuntu.

To install xz-utils use

sudo apt-get install xz-utils

You can also use Nautilus to extract the files. After that use a video player to play your video.

Answer 2

You first have to extract the .xz file. Open the nautilus file manager, right-click the file and select Extract Here. Now click on the extracted file and in case it has a format for which all the necessary media plugins are installed, your default media player will open and start playing.