Questions tagged [video]
related or about the video issues, the range varies from playing a video file, the formats, tools to work with it in *nix operatin systems up to issues surrounding it in specific environment (ie. console, framebuffer, X11 ...)
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Arch Linux not playing videos (sometimes)
I’m facing a small issue on my Arch system. Sometimes video playback just stops: it keeps loading endlessly until I restart Arch. It seems like the video player or related service crashes. This often ...
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How much RAM iGPU Radeon 660M needs for h264/h265/VP9/AV1 HW decoding to work. Determine if HW decoding used (radeontop?)
How much (minimum) RAM iGPU Radeon 660M need for h265/VP9/AV1 HW decoding to work?
How to determine if HW decoding is used?
I installed radeontop, but don't see any relevant output from it to HW ...
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lf: not showing previews of videos
I am using lf as file manager.
This is my preview.sh
#!/bin/sh
image() {
geometry="$(($2-2))x$3"
chafa "$1" -f sixel -s "$geometry" --animate false
}
batorcat() ...
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Is it possible to play hevc/h265 content in chromium?
I seem to be able to play it just fine on firefox, however if I try to play hevc in chromium I just get this:
It plays the audio but not the video.
I read somewhere that to enable hevc hardware ...
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Debian Trixie, xorg: No acceleration using intel driver
I used intel xorg driver (xserver-xorg-video-intel) plus i965-va-driver on Debian Bookworm; everything worked fine, 2D, 3D, video acceleration.
After updating to Trixie, intel xorg driver (same setup ...
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How to merge Audio and Video file into one
all. Hope you guys are doing well.
I have downloaded a 28min mp4 from a site but its audio and video got downloaded into 2 separate mp4 file both of 28min. Now how can I merge them?
Thanks in advance
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Debian stopped using my Intel i915 GPU after upgrade to Trixie. How to fix?
My notebook, an older Apple MacBookAir 13" with Intel Core i7 an Intel HD Graphics 5000, used to work fine before the upgrade to Trixie (Debian GNU/Linux 13).
Now, after the upgrade, all ...
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Blackmagic Module Patches for Fedora do not work on Arch Linux
I am trying to get my Blackmagic Quad HDMI Recorder working on Arch Linux. Since rebooting after the first installation, the device was never recognized by Blackmagic Software on Arch, while it ...
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UVC camera only works properly when usbmon is running
I have the following setup:
i.MX8MM + uDP72020 (PCIe to USB-3.0) + UVC-Camera
Linux: 6.6.69
GStreamer: 1.24.0 (imx)
GStreamer pipeline I am using:
gst-launch-1.0 -e -vvv v4l2src device=/dev/video0 \
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Can I stream Amazon Prime Video movies on a Fedora laptop?
When I try to play Amazon Prime videos on my Fedora laptop, they never start.
Instead, the screen gets stuck on a loading animation (spinning circle) indefinitely.
How can I fix this?
Is there a step-...
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Arch Linux - unable to play videos in AOM-AV1 codec
I noticed that VLC could not display the sound of videos that used AOMedia's AV1 codec, or AOM-AV1 in short. When I tried to play videos in that specific codec, I could only hear the sound of the ...
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OBS does not recognize Blackmagic Capture Card as a Video Source
I am trying to configure my Blackmagic DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder to work with OBS on Arch Linux.
On Windows, I could go to their website, install their Desktop Video 14.5 Program. Once the drivers ...
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Unable to change resolution on a Huawei server with linux Arch with Xrandr
I'm configuring a server with linux Arch using Manjaro (I know, not ideal, but I have my valid reasons). The issue at hand is that I'm unable to change the resolution of the display from the ...
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Geting video from a camcorder usign FireWire
I am trying to connect an old camcorder to my Pop Os machine using FireWire to download old recordings. I have bought a FireWire PCIe card from Amazon. But keep getting an error when trying to use ...
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How do I keep application windows that are playing a video from dimming in Hyprland when they aren't the focused window?
I am running Hyprland on Arch Linux and have my Hyprland configuration set so that the non-focused windows are dimmed a bit.
~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf
decoration {
rounding = 1
rounding_power = ...
