Debian Jessie cannot play mkv videos

Harshit_24 · 04-21-2017, 12:52 PM

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

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

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