Can not view any video file by using any video player supported by UBUNTU

Did you try the VLC player which includes its codecs to read the video files ?

BTW, you double post your question.. that's bad ;)

VLC Player also unable to open video file. While a 3gpp video file dragged and dropped into the player's playlist, it shows a message that asys "no essential decoder module found".
What should I do now? Can't I play video files any more?

VLC Player also unable to open video file. While a 3gpp video file dragged and dropped into the player's playlist, it shows a message that asys "no essential decoder module found".
What should I do now? Can't I play video files any more?

Hi,

Have you installed the 'ubuntu-restricted-extras' package, that contains many codecs which cannot be distributed with Ubuntu for legal reasons?

I have installed "ubuntu-restricted-extra" package i.e. "gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg" plugin. After that thye player react same as before. Nothing changed i.e. suddenly closing while trying to play any video file.

If you add the medibuntu repo you can inbstall w32codecs or w64codecs (dependingon the arch of your OS)

Play mp3 and dvd under Ubuntu install skype googleearth acroread and other stuffs using Medibuntu

First please install https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

You need to have extra repositories enabled..

Please first enable the universe and multiverse repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]

enable "Community-maintained Open Source software ( universe )"
enable "Proprietary drivers for devices ( restricted )"
enable "Software restrictecd by copyright or legal issue ( multiverse )"

Close and confirm the repository reload.

Type the following command in a terminal (applications → accessories → terminal)

sudo aptitude install vlc smplayer mplayer

To get better dvd playback and optional packages here the medibuntu available software list http://packages.medibuntu.org/
you need to add the medibuntu http://www.medibuntu.org/ repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
( here the medibuntu howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu but see below )

In short please open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type or copy and paste:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update

-- give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter

Now to install, type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 libdvdcss2 regionset gnome-mplayer
sudo aptitude install non-free-codecs w32codecs gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

You can also install other Medibuntu repository provided optional software http://packages.medibuntu.org/ :

sudo aptitude install skype
sudo aptitude install googleearth
sudo aptitude install acroread

Hope this helps

I have done everything..........
still have the same problem...
can not veiw any video file.....
I don't know what to do...
I'm getting MAD for this....
Please.....please help me..........

Please open
gstreamer-properties
##in system preferences

Audio - ALSA
Video - output X Window System (no Xv)

Check if you (your username) is in the group audio+video
groups
e.g. output
username adm dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev lpadmin scanner admin

Make sure your're the owner of your /home/username
ls -al

Note:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Video

Yup, and then working all the way through the medibuntu worksheet should help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

add:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/48516

Audio is coming but video still not coming...
What to do now?????????

Which video card and driver:
lshw -C video

Check system administration -> hardware driver
if the correct driver is checked.

In case grep errors in Xorg.0.log:
grep -i error /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Test case, start a prefered app in a terminal e.g.:
vlc
reproduce the steps until the issue occurs, note the time and take a look in the logfiles.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxLogFiles

Which Ubuntu:
lsb_release -d

While I checked "Hardware Drivers" in "Administration" under "Systems", it shows-- "No proprletary drivers are in use on this system." Is that's why I am not able to play any video file properly???
While playing "vlc media player" through terminal it shows these response in the terminal-----------(<unknown>:4794): Gtk-WARNING **: Error parsing gtk-icon-sizes string:
 'panel-menu=24,24
panel=20,20
gtk-button=18,18
gtk-large-toolbar=24,24'
X Error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) 11
  Extension: 132 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x4000005
X Error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) 11
  Extension: 132 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x4000005
--------and the error message goes on...
Now whwt to do????
Please,please,please help me.....

as per previous suggestions I changed the settings in gstreamer-properties audio -Alsa, videooutput x window system(no xv)....
for these I can see mp4 video without any sound, while playing 3gp, stoping streaming and starts searching for AMR codec packages...
now what to do??
Please suggest me combining my earlier request with this one because I forgot to mention these factors there...
please help me,PLEASE......

Can you please provide:

sudo lshw -C display

Thanks

Did you made a search for your problem e.g. vlc BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) ?

I have found some forum threads with the same problem :
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=104445
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=32259

In short, you seem to have a problem with your video output settings. The solution seems to be to set the output to X11.

From the links above for VLC :
"go to Settings>Preferences>Video>>Output Modules. Tick the Advanced Options and set Video output module to X11 video output. Save your settings and restart your application"
or
start VLC in a terminal using "vlc --vout x11"

Hope that can help, the same should be possible to do with other video players.

result of----"sudo ishw -C display"
       *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
please post your kind suggestion....

after playing vlc in terminal with "vlc --vout x11" I changed settings as suggested,then I can see only mp4 files,other files are not shown in the "open" dialogue box though codecs are viewed in a small pan.
while playing mp4 it only gives video but no sound are coming.....
now what to do????????

Still no audio is coming out. I have tried with all media players...
please help me...

ahhhh.
a bit solace...
I can play mpg and 3gp files but without any sound, my sound settings in "preferences" under "system" all enabled to "ALSA -Advanced Linux Sound Architechture"..
Now what to do??????
please,please,please help me.......

Hi

Is this other thread having the same problem?
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78367
Is there a chance of trying to help sort his out or is this a bug?

Regards to all from
Tom :)

look......
let him know that both of us same kind of problem that still have no appropriate answer.
This could be a big problem to a number of users of UBUNTU. A lot of things which made UBUNTU most superior from the other operating systems. But a os has to be it's minimum requirements. I am sure that soon CANONICAL LTD. would find a crack to this problem.
Faithfully, I got now a greater knowledge of a amazing thing which can potentialities to turn over of many unsolved questions. Although my luck did not match with the time but Ubuntu is a very helpful thing to the students.
You tried a lot for me Tom. Sorry,that did'nt worked at last.
I am always waiting for all of your suggestions....
keep them sending to me....
 with regards, Sahadat.

Maybe you could try another distribution of Linux if you enjoy its ethos.

I personally started on redhat 5 then moved quickly to Mandrake 6 (before it was Mandriva). Fedora is a decent release too. There is more to Linux than Ubuntu.

Mandriva is beautiful and well worth trying
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mandriva
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fedora

There's also openSUSE, CentOS and others
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=opensuse
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=centos

Did you install Ubuntu as part of a dual-boot system? If so then you already know enough to explore adding one of the above, or perhaps a different version of linux (we call them distros, short for "distributions"). Quite a few people have a multi-boot system with 1 or 2 distros and a version of Windows so that they can choose which they want to boot into when they switch their machine on. The command-line and a lot of the commands are exactly the same in almost all the different distros and often the desktop gui has many similarities too - until you customise it ;)

It seems that Sam, ActionParsnip, Marcobra and others did a lot more work in this thread and i was glad to find it because i was completely stuck in the other thread and this one seemed to have a lot more proper linux knowledge in the answers :)

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

In the other thread it seems that 8.04 works just fine so it might be worth trying the answer i gave there?

O.T.
No it's not me, it's this outrages Hardy LTS, for me the best distri and motivation ever, until 10/2010 ;-)

Md. Sahadat ullah,
so now, video works fine, but no sound, correct? That would be a success you achieved already.

Please install gnome-alsamixer via Synaptic, this is the GUI (graphical_user_interface) for alsamixer which can be started in a terminal also by typing:
alsamixer

Set at least master, pcm, external amplifier unmuted and then go with trial&error, means unmute successive other available options and test your prefered app with it.

In system preferences -> audio
choose automatically or ALSA or your sound card module and press the test buttons to see what works best.

Please keep in mind there is no one_for_all method solution because of a variety of architectures, soundcards and so on.

nothing changed.........
suggest for further steps........
Please tell me the first settings of audio which could be found after just installing UBUNTU in any computer that which produces sound, preferably as my computer architecture.
Please.......

First steps could be to unmute anything in 'gnome-volume-control', speaker symbol on the panel, right click to get a context menu.
ALSA architecture is common. Audio settings (system preferences) should be consistent with e.g. gnome-volume-control.
Usually sound card and other devices are recognized automatically and modules are loaded.
An easy to follow debug page is:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting

And of course community contribution:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843012

Wiki:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/TroubleShooting
http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup

Thanks Tom, that solved my question.

Brilliant, nicely done !! :)))
Could you briefly let us know the action that fixed it? This would help people in the future looking through the "Solved Answers" database :)
Congrats and regards from
Tom :)