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No video display in video player despite having required plugins

Asked by Sudeep Kulkarni

I have downloaded all the required plugins to play any format. Yet, when I actually open a video file, there's only a few seconds of video and then only audio. If I switch the modes (i.e. from full-screen to normal and vice-versa) video appears instantaneously at the time of switching and then disappears again. What should I do?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What type is the file you are opening? Does it happen with all files? Does it happen in all players?

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Sudeep Kulkarni (sudeepbkkulkarni) said : 		#2

It happens with all the files, so doesn't matter which type of file I am opening. And, I am the video player that comes prebundled with Ubuntu.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Ok try this (I assume 32bit)

sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update; sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer w32codecs

or for 64bit:

sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update; sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer w64codecs

Try playing the video in gnome-mplayer, its one of the oldest, most respected players around.

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Sudeep Kulkarni (sudeepbkkulkarni) said : 		#4

Thank you very much for your information. I will try it and get back to you soon.

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Sudeep Kulkarni (sudeepbkkulkarni) said : 		#5

@actionparsnip: Your command is not working. Let me tell you what's wrong - After the download begins, a few megabytes are downloaded and then againg new download begins, e.g.

Get 6: <a few bytes downloaded>
Get 7: <again downloaded>
.
.
.
.
get 28:

It seems that this process is not going to terminate. everytime, part of file is downloaded and then download is reset, at each "Get".

What do I do now? Or I just need to be patient?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Can you paste ALL the text rather than your interpretation. This will help a lot.

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Sudeep Kulkarni (sudeepbkkulkarni) said : 		#7

Okay, @actionparsnip. Problem solved. I downloaded the mplayer as you said and now I can play any video smoothly.
Thanks a lot for your help. Now Ubuntu is even more enjoyable.
Thanks again.

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Sudeep Kulkarni (sudeepbkkulkarni) said : 		#8

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

Mplayer is one of the oldest and most respect players in Linux. Ignorant users seem to think VLC is great but mplayer has been around the block a few times before vlc came around but both have advantages, mplayer seems to pull in a few extra codecs which can help all media playback you do (not just in mplayer).

Glad you got the gold.

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Sudeep Kulkarni (sudeepbkkulkarni) said : 		#10

I couldn't agree more.

On 8/10/10, actionparsnip <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #120072 on gnome-media in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-media/+question/120072
>
> actionparsnip posted a new comment:
> Mplayer is one of the oldest and most respect players in Linux. Ignorant
> users seem to think VLC is great but mplayer has been around the block a
> few times before vlc came around but both have advantages, mplayer seems
> to pull in a few extra codecs which can help all media playback you do
> (not just in mplayer).
>
> Glad you got the gold.
>
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