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Video won't play even though it loaded

Asked by pluma on 2011-08-10

I am trying to play videos with the Totem Movie Player 2.30.2, and it says it's playing, even though it stays on the first frame. When I press pause, it shows a frame about a third of the way through the video, but still won't play. I need to play videos for an online class, so I need to solve this soon.

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: Ubuntu totem Edit question

Assignee:: No assignee Edit question

Solved by:: actionparsnip

Solved:: 2011-08-13

Last query:: 2011-08-13

Last reply:: 2011-08-11

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pluma (pluma-sylvan) said on 2011-08-10:

#1

By the way, I tried playing the same videos on different players, but none worked. This has worked until recently. I have also tried movies of 4 filetipes, so it's not because it's not compatible.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-08-10:

#2

Have you installed ubuntu-restricted-extras gnome-mplayer and vlc

Should pull in some decent codecs, do the other apps work ok?

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pluma (pluma-sylvan) said on 2011-08-10:

#3

Sorry, but I don't understand all the jargon, I'm not that good with computers.

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pluma (pluma-sylvan) said on 2011-08-10:

#4

could you say it in English? ;)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-08-10:

#5

It's not jargon, they are package names to install. Use software centre to install each.

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pluma (pluma-sylvan) said on 2011-08-11:

#6

sorry. I'm a techno-idiot. ;)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-08-11:

#7

It's cool. Did you get the packages installed ok? If not I can give a terminal command to install them :)

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pluma (pluma-sylvan) said on 2011-08-13:

#8

I installed all of those things, but the video still won't play and it's not any different. Do you have to do anything to activate it like restarting the computer?

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pluma (pluma-sylvan) said on 2011-08-13:

#9

I tried restarting the computer and it worked! Thank you so much for all your help with the videos and patience with my techno-idiocy.

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pluma (pluma-sylvan) said on 2011-08-13:

#10

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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