Problem Playing .mp4 video
I am trying to play a .mp4 video that I downloaded off the net in movie player. The video won't play. It just searches for plugins:
• audio/x-
• video/x-
In looking on the web, others have had this problem with no fixes available.
I am running Ubuntu 12.04. everything is updated.
Any help is appreciated.
Tema
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- 2012-08-27
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- 2012-08-27
Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said : | #1 |
There is a simple way to install a lot of stuff that was not shipped with Ubutunu, due to legal questions and restrictions. The package ubuntu-
You can also run "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-
Tema (tkellstrom) said : | #2 |
"Restricted extras" are already loaded, but I will try again.
Here is the terminal:
tema@Amt-work:~$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-
[sudo] password for tema:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ubuntu-
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
todd@Amt-work:~$
The movie still will not play. Thanks for your help.
Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said : | #3 |
What kind of file is it exactly? Please run
avconv -i video_filen_ame
and post the output. If avconv is not installed, it is in the package libav-tools.
Tema (tkellstrom) said : | #4 |
avconv version 0.8.3-4:
built on Jun 12 2012 16:37:58 with gcc 4.6.3
[aac @ 0x8d89840] Input buffer exhausted before END element found
[mov,mp4,
Input #0, mov,mp4,
Metadata:
major_brand : mp42
minor_version : 0
compatible_
creation_time : 2012-04-25 01:05:41
Duration: 01:27:44.59, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 587 kb/s
Stream #0.0(und): Video: encv / 0x76636E65, 480x360, 479 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 60k tbn, 60k tbc
Metadata:
creation_time : 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 104 kb/s
Metadata:
creation_time : 2012-04-25 01:05:46
At least one output file must be specified
Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said : | #5 |
The video has an unknow codec 0x76636E65, which would translate to "encv".
This are usually DRM protected videos. You can not just load them off the net and play them neither on Windows or Linux.
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