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Questions related to video playback and recording in Ubuntu. For questions about video cards, use "graphics".

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Yesterday I upgraded from Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS to 26.04 LTS and whenever I boot, after the BIOS screen, the video output stops. My monitor says no video. I had a similar problem with this computer about ...
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VideoDownloadHelper stopped downloading mp4 videos on ubuntu 22.04 in the latest firefox versions 150.0.3 (64-bit) and 151.0 ( 64-bit), displaying the message: Download failed Sadly we failed at ...
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I just upgraded to 26.04, and all looks good, but "youtube" glitches repeating black screen and then displays video resolution. The video continues until the next black screen about 1-2 ...
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Happy Sunday everyone! A fresh install of 26.04 is working brilliantly, and the CPU and GPU-related improvements are proving to be a welcome speed/quality upgrade to my system. However... I use the ...
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I’m looking for a good alternative to Internet Download Manager (IDM) on Ubuntu. I’ve already tried Xtreme Download Manager (XDM), and it works fine for normal downloads, but I’m having trouble when ...
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After a restart, I am experiencing what I suspect to be a video driver problem. But the symptom manifests itself in a strange fashion. I have researched this fault, and I am unable to find a fix, or ...
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I'm a new user of Ubuntu (24.04.4 LTS) I have used Linux casually over the last 30 years. With Windows becoming everything that I abhor, I decided to turn my Plex Media Server into a Ubuntu based ...
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I am unable to view any multimedia over any browser, Chrome or Firefox, YouTube videos, Spotify audios, and general video streaming websites like Udemy, etc. I'm also unable to play any local videos ...
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I'm on Ubuntu 22.04.5. I've noticed that the longer I leave my computer on, the more dropped frames I get when playing media. I've tested in both MPV and VLC, and the problem persists, however it's ...
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I am using Ubuntu Desktop 22.04. When I play a video course from my external HDD the space in my laptop's HDD decreases to zero. This happens even if the available HDD space is more than 1GB. Where ...
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I have checked https://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Startup:Other/ (but it's empty) and searched this forum to no avail. I installed Ubuntu Desktop 25.10 on my (aging) Dell Precision M4800 laptop today. The ...
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I am seeking help with my Logitech C920 HD Pro webcam, which glitches when using the Camera and Cheese applications on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. By "glitching," I mean the video becomes corrupted or ...
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As as developer of a Linux video cutting software I used Virtualbox the last 20 years for different distros. Until last month that software could be tested on any of my vdi images. Today (as of 23/12/...
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Some weeks ago I noticed YouTube videos started being not very smooth. Clearly less than with Chromium counterparts. I had been switching Firefox release channel and something has to have broken. See: ...
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I deployed a fresh virtual machine using the Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop ISO. The installation completed successfully, and the VM boots without any visible errors. However, when I try to access the GUI ...

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