Related to video and sound and the interactivity between them with the user.
Questions tagged [multimedia]
261 questions
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How to install the MPEG-4 AAC decoder and the H.264 decoder?
Where do I get the MPEG-4 AAC decoder, and the H.264 decoder.
How to install them and play the multimedia?
Balram Jamale
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Video editing software options?
What video editing software would you recommend on Ubuntu (or Linux in general)
and why? It can be for either beginners or experienced users.
Please only place one piece of software per response and include details to what makes it great!
Gödel
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Command to see media file info in terminal?
I need a command to quickly see in terminal essential information about an audio or video file.
(Then I'll consider adding that to Thunar's custom actions, etc.)
user47206
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How to play VOB files that were inside a DVD disc?
I just downloaded a DVD which is for a movie. After uncompressing the DVD file I see .VOB, .IFO and .BUP files. If I open the first .VOB file it shows me the DVD menu but I can't interact with it. So, my question is... is Totem able to play those…
Cristian
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How can I watch Blu-ray discs?
I've got a Blu-ray drive and I'd like to be able to use it to watch movies under Ubuntu.
Kees Cook
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Get information about a video from command-line tool
How can I get information about a video with a command-line tool? (e.g. video duration, audio codec, bitrate etc)
franzlorenzon
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How to make the keyboard media keys to work with VLC globally?
My keyboard has media keys and they work globally on Unity with Banshee but don't with VLC when another app is focused.
How would I fix that?
Jader Dias
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Rotate video by a keyboard shortcut in mpv
I am currently using Ubuntu 19.10 with the unity DE and I always use mpv to play videos in Ubuntu. As mpv has few GUI options, there is no GUI option to rotate a video, but we can rotate it with the help of the command line. For example, we can…
Abhishek Kamal
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How can I record an OpenGL game in Ubuntu?
I would like to create a short clip of me playing Minecraft, an OpenGL game. The usual screencast recorders do not properly record OpenGL.
What kind of software is available for this purpose?
My experience with the software in the similar (but no…
Tamás Szelei
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5 answers
How to install the most common plugins?
How can I install the most used plugins like flash player and mp3 in Ubuntu?
Ant's
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Adjust volume via commandline so that volume notify pops up
is there a way to adjust the system volume via commandline so that the default volume popup (the one that pops up when pressing the media keys on notebooks) is still shown.
I need this for my remote control.
It'll be run using a lircrc file and…
Lincoln
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How do I install ffmpeg and codecs?
i am trying to install a video script and I need to install FFmpeg with all the codecs. I have tried many tutorials online and I didn't succeed.
FFmpeg (from SVN)
x264 Library for mencoder
Arjon11
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Multimedia keys sometimes stop working
I'm using Ubuntu with Gnome. My multimedia keys (play/pause, stop, etc) were working fine and then all of a sudden they stopped working.
In particular I'd like for them to work with Spotify.
bmaupin
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How can I enable video and audio codecs?
I would like to know how can I enable video and audio codecs not included by default on Ubuntu. Thanks!
pedroo
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5 answers
How do I install XBMC?
Where can I get XBMC for Ubuntu?
I have the team-xbmc ppa added however they have no packages, is there an older deb or is there somewhere where i can get the source and build myself?
Will
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