I can't play "Dr. Strangelove" on VLC... it just comes up on the screen and then does nothing. Pressing play does nothing.   using Ubuntu 15.10
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I still can't seem to play movie DVDs on my Ubuntu 11.10 even after installing restricted extras and after trying   This[a] is the error message that I get with movie player. VLC doesn't play the DVD either.  What gives  [a]Could not read DVD. This may be because the DVD is encrypted and a DVD decryption library is not installed.
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I don’t use VLC that much to have it there, so I would like to remove it from the sound menu in the top right. I found a small image to show what it looks like (the sound menu is open and shows VLC along with other music players).    Sorry for giving a very low resolution image.
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I'm new to Ubuntu. I tried installing it with Windows 8.1, but failed I lost all my files.  I have successfully formatted my PC and installed Ubuntu, but how do I install codecs to play audio and videos files ?
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This is what happens:  sudo apt-get install vlc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package vlc   Please help. I would also like to know when this error occurs, I've seen it before too.
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Trying to install VLC 16.04  sudo apt update sudo apt install vlc  This is what I am getting  The following packages have unmet dependencies:    vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.2.2-5) but 2.2.4-6~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1 is to be installed        Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.2.2-5) but it is not going to be installed        Recommends: vlc-plugin-samba (= 2.2.2-5) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.   Thanks for any help...
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I'm running XFCE 4.12 on top of Gentoo with a 4.2.0 kernel.  My PlayPause button on my keyboard used to work as a global hotkey for VLC. Now VLC won't even recognize the key.  It does see "Alt + Media Play Pause" but not the key alone.    Is there a way to see if and what program might be capturing that key?  When I run xdotool key "XF86LogGrabInfo" the tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log file reads  [ 10138.690] (II) Printing all currently active device grabs: [ 10138.690] (II) End list of active device grabs
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I am unable to play any MP3 or MP4 files. When I try to open any MP3 or MP4 file, both show an error, a Python 2.7 plug-in is required.
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Today I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 13.10. I am not able to watch any videos in Amazon Prime Instant Video. I am getting this message:   An error occurred and your player could not be updated.   This is likely because your Flash Player or Browser needs to be updated. This update is required to play back this video.
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I've just installed Ubuntu on my Lenovo g460  with Windows 7. I am not able to play any movie or mp3 file. When I click on a file I'm asked to install a plugin. When I click on the install button nothing happens.
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Is there a Ubuntu compatible version of the "Adobe Shockwave Player?" I'm running Firefox and when I try to bring up one of my School's websites it says missing plugin. When I click on "Install missing plug-in" it says none found, so when I click on manually install plug-in it takes me to Adobe Shockwave Player installation, but there is no ubuntu version to install??? On the Firefox plug-in finder service it says "Unknown Plugin (application/x-director)
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I've installed the default VLC player to decode my .mp4 files but I'd like to enable a thumbnail view in the explorer. All I see at the moment is the traffic cone (the default icon for files associated with VLC).   Possibly related are these Windows 7 questions, but I'm not sure what carries over:
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After the update to Ubuntu 18.04, the vlc player can't be used anymore on my second screen(Main screen is 1366x768 and second screen is 1920x1080). When it is dragged from the main screen (where it looks normal) to the second screen, the interface is replaced by a huge ">>" button(see screenshot). I've already deleted and reinstalled vlc. Any help would be appreciated.     LE: vlc was installed with      sudo apt install vlc   the output of apt-cache policy vlc is:  vlc:   Installed: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180727+r77135+157~ubuntu18.04.1   Candidate: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180727+r77135+157~ubuntu18.04.1   Version table:  *** 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180727+r77135+157~ubuntu18.04.1 500         500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status      3.0.2-0ubuntu0.1 500         500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages      3.0.1-3build1 500         500 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
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By accident, I recently removed some videos from my phone. I tried to restoring them with Recuva and TuneUp Utilities and the results were "undf" files.  I tried to open with VLC, Media Player Classic and other video players to no avail. Where/how do I find out the codec for these files?   I would really love to be able to watch these videos again.
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I was looking for a good video player to replace VLC, something that is as good as vlc but has seek preview. I am tired of fast forwarding in vlc  EDIT: I meant seek preview with thumbnails
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How to perfectly synchronize Subtitles with movie? i use VLC
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I just installed 14.04 LTS on my laptop. I tried to go on Netflix but it tells me to install silverlight but that does not work either. What are my options to get Netflix working on my laptop?
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I can't seem to set VLC media player as the default video player. I have gone to System Settings → System Info → Default Applications, and changed "Video" to VLC media player.  However, all movies still open with Movie Player (Totem) by default. The video default application setting appears to have no effect. I have tried changing the setting and logging out/rebooting, but it doesn't appear to work.  Is there some command-line magic that can work on this?