How to play webm (using the VP9 codec) in VLC?

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Solution 1

VP9 requires VLC 2.2.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-*

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=131211

I had this problem in ubuntu 14.04 and it got solved by installing VLC 2.2.

Solution 2

I've had to apt remove vlc-? before I found out that something from that package was playing havoc with HTML5 video ('vp9' codec)/DASH accelerated video rendering/streaming in Firefox.

Solution 3

There is no need to install ubuntu-restricted-extras to be able to play WebM with VLC. VLC 2.1.2 supports VP9 by default (see http://www.webmproject.org/vp9/ and http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/2.1.2.html). You might try upgrading VLC or installing the latest stable by downloading it from the VLC site directly.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Joschua almost 2 years

When I play a .webm file using the VP9 codec in VLC, I get the following error message (and the audio is played):

VLC does not support the audio or video format "VP90". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

I can play these files in totem, but how can I play them in VLC?

I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 and VLC is 2.1.6. The package ubuntu-restricted-extras is installed.
- Oli over 9 years
  
  What version of Ubuntu are you using?
- αғsнιη over 9 years
  
  possible duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/34372/how-to-play-a-webm-video-file
- Joschua over 9 years
  
  @KasiyA In the question you linked webm doesn't work in any player, but for me it works in totem. This is about VLC not playing it.
- Joschua over 9 years
  
  @Oli I added the version I'm using to the question.
- Anwar over 9 years
  
  The possible reason could be that, webm file contain an audio stream which is using a proprietary format. In that case, it will fail to produce audio. otherwise, vlc plays webm file fine
- Joschua over 9 years
  
  @AnwarShah The audio plays fine, the video using the codec VP90 isn't working. (Other .webm files are working fine.)
Joschua over 9 years

Do you know which gstreamer packages need to be installed? I'd rather not install all of these if possible.
Joschua over 9 years

I already have VLC 2.1.4.
Karl Wilbur over 9 years

Then I would suspect that it is an issue with the file itself. However, in my experience, VLC will play just about you give it.
Joschua over 9 years

Hmm, but totem can play these files without a problem. The videos are downloaded from YouTube with JDownloader.
Elijah Lynn about 9 years

I am getting this also on Ubuntu 14.04 with VLC 2.1.6. Weird, this was a straight VP9 download from YouTube.
Ken Sharp over 7 years

“With the capabilities of "RinceWind", 2.1.2 allows experimental decoding of HEVC and Webm/VP9 (depending on the platform).”