How can I play mp4 and avi files in a Movie Player?
Solution 1
VLC Media Player - available from the Software Centre!
Solution 2
In order to watch videos or play audio files you need the appropriate codec to decode these files. Some of them are non-free and are therefore not included in a standard Ubuntu installation.
Non-free codecs are provided by the package libavcodec-extra-52 that you will be able to install after adding multiverse to your sources:
sudo apt-get install libavcodec-extra-52
After doing so all players that are based on ffmpeg are able to play audio or video files encoded with one of the supported codecs. This also includes players that come with a standard Ubuntu installation.
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Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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I have installed Ubuntu on my emachines. It works well, so far, although I am unable to play movie files which I have saved from my old Windows installation.
I am using the default movie player that comes with the Ubuntu. I have seen other movie players in the Software Centre.
Should I install a new movie player (if so, which) or can I get the default movie player to play these files?