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Harshit_24 04-21-2017 12:52 PM
Debian Jessie cannot play mkv videos
 
I am trying to play mkv file but vlc goes blank & doesnot play the video. I am able to play the same video using Xubuntu on the same hardware.

What I am missing here?

OS version
Code:
Linux debian 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1 (2016-12-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux

floppy_stuttgart 04-21-2017 01:05 PM
Install the required codecs? https://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs

TB0ne 04-21-2017 01:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Harshit_24 (Post 5700291)
I am trying to play mkv file but vlc goes blank & doesnot play the video. I am able to play the same video using Xubuntu on the same hardware. What I am missing here? OS version
Code:
Linux debian 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1 (2016-12-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
As with your other thread (related?), you're missing details that would let us help you. What version of VLC, installed how, and did you install the relevant codecs?

jefro 04-21-2017 03:02 PM
VLC has been able to run that file for a very long time.

As I recall there is some setting in vlc to fix this. It's how it connects to display but I forget exact setting. Worked for me a long time ago.

Habitual 04-21-2017 05:11 PM
libdvdcss2 possibly.
Code:
sudo aptitude install -y libdvdcss2
and re-fire the mk file in vlc

ondoho 04-22-2017 01:50 AM
try mplayer instead.

also, have you updated your system?
Code:
su
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Habitual 04-22-2017 05:55 AM
I have Jessie and some mk4 files. They work here.
Some of my Videos started out black, but they were on a network resource.
I copied them locally and blackness went bye-bye.

DavidMcCann 04-22-2017 11:03 AM
It seems that MKV is a container that can hold various encodings. The best thing to do is to install all the codecs available for Debian
http://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs

BW-userx 04-22-2017 11:04 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Harshit_24 (Post 5700291)
I am trying to play mkv file but vlc goes blank & doesnot play the video. I am able to play the same video using Xubuntu on the same hardware.

What I am missing here?

OS version
Code:
Linux debian 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1 (2016-12-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
bad file that is what it is when that happens to me


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