How to play this file?

Question

I have this video file with the extension .mkv but it is not playing in totem video player and this works in the new versions of VLC(Windows) and I havent tried it on VLC for Ubuntu yet. Is there any way to make this file run on the default totem player?

Solution 1

I had the exact same problem. This answer here solved the problem.

I followed the last one , i.e,

Install vlc with sudo apt-get install vlc and then install the required plugins to play *.mkv files by sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-libde265

Note that, if the plugin installation gave you an error of not found, you will need to add it to the repo first

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:strukturag/libde265
sudo apt-get update

Now try opening the file in vlc.

Solution 2

I found it using the Ubuntu Software Center GUI instead of calling apt via console.

Ubuntu 14.04 > Ubuntu software center > Search for "VLC" > Install

This is whaty worked for me. No additional codecs needed.

Hope it works for you too!

Solution 3

I tried implementing solution given by @severus, but still I got the error. I solved the probelm by installing an additional package using this command.

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-libde265

Comments

[Karthikeyan R]

I had an active internet connection when I tried to run the file and it said Required plugin could not be found, and I've installed 'ubuntu-restricted-extras' and other video codecs play without any problem

[T. Greg O'Neil]

Was driving myself crazy with various attempts until I found this solution. "sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-libde265" works great, after first adding the repository! THANK YOU for posting this solution!

[voghDev]

Ubuntu 14.04 > Ubuntu software center > Search for VLC > Install directly worked for me. Without additional codecs. Holy ubuntu and holy stackoverflow =)

[Rafaf Tahsin]

exactly @voghDev

[NobleCreed]

i still get 'unable to locate package' i am using 18.04

[BruceWayne]

@voghDev - Can you make that an Answer? I tried the sudo apt-get install vlc, only to be met with "no apt package 'vlc', but there is a snap with that name." But thanks to your comment, I got it :D

[voghDev]

Hi @BruceWayne, you're welcome :) I meant searching in the ubuntu software center GUI, not the apt console command. Was this what you tried?

[BruceWayne]

@voghDev yeah, sorry if my comment wasn't clear. I found it via the GUI following the steps you gave. :)

[voghDev]

Ok cool! Gonna add an answer also, so people can find it easier :) thank you