Questions tagged [media-player]
Media players can run audio video files. Many media players also support library management for audio & video files.
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How can I play video, fullscreen, without keyboard and mouse interfering, on Linux
I would like to pull a prank, which basically plays a pre-made video full-screen, so it looks like my actual computer
I would like to fake moving the mouse and typing stuff, but when I use something ...
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Use earphones remote controller on Windows
Luckily for me, my computer recognizes presses on the Apple EarBuds' remote:
Each time the green bar goes up, it is because I pressed the middle button on the remote (The one between volume up and ...
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Is there way to not replace existing MPC-playlist when double click media file?
So my problem is that I have some pre-made playlist and when i open any media file this playlist is overwrite with new one that contain only this file.
It is possible to add file that I opened at the ...
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Music player that resumes where last paused [closed]
Winamp is going away and I like to listen to podcasts. I have to download them from home as my work has a non-streaming policy (even though we have a subway tunnel of an internet pipe, whatever). I ...
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Cannot seek ahead in songs started by Windows Media Player, but can when played by WMP?
If I am in Library > Music in Windows Media Player and I double-click a song or album, it starts playing, but I cannot skip ahead in the song. Clicking the seek bar restarts the song. However, when ...
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Program for bookmarking long videos on my local hard drive? [closed]
I'd like to be able to open a video, watch it a bit, and then store a bookmark, continue watching maybe bookmark it again, close the video, come back a day or two later, and pick up where I left off ...
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How to store as a file, a small clip within a song being played using VLC Media player
If I am playing a song in VLC Media player 1.1.7(On Win-7). I select points A and B to loop between that points while playing back, I want to store the clip of the song between point A and B as ...
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VLC's http interface and other web based media players
VLC has this nice http interface. I will say it is nice that it has a http interface, but the interface layout is a little bit rude.
Do you know of other http "skins" available for VLC in http mode ?...
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FLV player/converter for Fedora
Please suggest me flv player for Fedora 9. Also if flv to mp4 converter so that I can play with MPlayer. I am not able to run vlc player. I installed VLC through yum install player. Now in ...
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Why don't keyboard shortcuts e.g CTRL+P for play/pause work on flash-based media players?
I use netvibes to listen to podcasts when I am home. It can stream a podcast so I don't have to download it, or subscribe to it like iTunes, Zune etc. It uses a flash-based player to do this.
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Need Firefox add-on to download embedded asf media
I am looking for an add-on which would me allow to download
embedded asf media
(without having Windows Media Player installed, or under Linux).
NOTE: The plugin DownloadHelper doesn't help ;)
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Video playback very white contrast with multiple video players
So here is the deal, all my video players, EXCEPT winamp, are displaying the video with a very white contrast. I have the community combined codec pack installed, I have tried reinstalling the codecs ...
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Linux Media Player
I have a SYABAS-based NAS Multimedia Server, which is connected via LAN to a PC running embedded Linux.
I can get a list of content on the NAS device, but when I press play, it does not play, but ...
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Groove Music, now "Media Player," won't recognize folders as playlists
Windows 10 (Home) PC user here, OS build 19045.3448. Today is October 6th, 2023, for future reference.
I recently discovered, via trying to play a downloaded folder of music and being surprised when ...
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How do I make a (desktop) shortcut to play a specific folder in the new Windows Media Player?
I have experience with you being able to make a shortcut for VLC where you specify VLC's .exe location, then you add "-LZ" with the folder location after that to start playing media (music) ...
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How do I change the artist image in Media Player?
I have this displayed in my Media Player.
Obviously, my album is not by John F. Kennedy. How can I change the artist picture?
This question is not a duplicate of this one, which asks about the legacy ...
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How to play two media through different audio devices with MPV?
How can I use MPV to play a video file with audio through one audio device (built-in speakers), and a second audio file through a second audio device (bluetooth headphones).
Play/pause should play/...
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How do I play a video clip in reverse
While watching Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash (2018), there is a particular sequence when Barry is visiting Dr. Fate. He meets with Zatanna there who, as is common in the DC Universe, speaks ...
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Microsoft Remote Desktop types 'c's and 'b's when I use media keys? Can it not?
I really like the Win10 Remote Desktop, but when I hit the volume-down and volume-up keys while in the terminal session, it types out lowercase c and b, respectively. Mute is 'd'? It also prevents the ...
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How do I see the FPS of playback in VLC and other video players in windows?
I play animated videos and notice a lag or frame drop.
I learned later that this is due to Japanese anime being not fully animated due to low budgets.
But I want to be sure. Nvidia Geforce FPS ...
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VLC not minimizing or maximizing properly
I have got ThinkPad 13 with mint 18. When I try to minimize the VLC window the main part stays on its place, only the control panels will minimize. I can even click on the part that stayed and it ...
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VLC or MPC-HC open video folder and wait for video selection
In VLC or MPC-HC
is there a way (native ou a plug-in)
to open the player pointing to a specified folder,
and show all videos (thumbnails preferrably)
waiting for the user to choose one to see...
If ...
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How to open second instance of program with a hotkey?
I used to remember how to do this, use some sort of hotkey to open a second instance of a program that doesn't support it, for example windows media player 12. I have tried WIN+Shift+(number) to open ...
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Media Player Classic HC (K-Lite Codecs) Mutes my system when playing some files
As the title states, I'm trying to play some videos in K-Lite Codec Pack (12.0.1) MPC-HC (1.7.10.101), and when the track is playing my system stops being able to produce sound on my speakers. (pause ...
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What all factors affect the ability of a video player to play a particular file?
I am trying to determine what all factors decide whether a file can be played by a particular video player, such as software or dvd player or TV with usb function or any media player.
Are there other ...
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Play 2 media files synchronously with one set of controls for both
I have 2 media files:
Video+(2x)audio (Movie).
Audio (Commentary).
Commentary audio track starts with an offset before the movie starts.*
I need to be able to(simultaneously):
See the video track ...
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How to get my USB 3 hard drive working with a USB 2 device
I recently bought a 2TB USB 3.0 hard drive to keep my family videos and photos. I want to use it with my Sumvision Micro Cyclone Micro 2 media player. The player works perfectly with an older hard ...
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How can I control a remote streaming VLC player with a local VLC player?
I know VLC player can stream video and audio in several ways, and that it also has web interface along with some other ways to control it remotely. But can I make a local VLC player be able to control ...
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How to get Clementine to play AAC files (on Windows)?
I just installed the Clementine audio player. I like it, but it doesn't play my .aac files. This Ubuntu forum post suggests this is due to decoder licensing issues, and necessitates installing the ...
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vlc plays only grey screen with some moving parts
I have got some problem with vlc media player after some updates on ubuntu 12.04. Audio and subtitles works fine, but the picture is just grey. I have tried some other output settings
x11 video ...
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Make Windows go to sleep regardless of playing media
Is there a way to make Windows 7 sleep/hibernate no matter if a media player is playing music/movies or not?
I'm asking because I've had times when I'm listening to music while I'm on the PC and when ...
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Browsing the web using a secondary sound output device
I use the web for playing music (usually tunein radio). I have two sound cards - one for the computer speakers (primary) and one for my stereo system (secondary). I'm looking for a software - web ...
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How can I make Windows Media Player 11 index an unindexed field in its "Library" window?
How can I make WMP 11 index an un-indexed field in its "Library" window (as it does with Genre, Albums, Release Date, etc.) so it can be found using WMP's Search feature? What tells WMP which fields ...
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Store Lovefilm streaming movies with Sony SMP-N200
I have a Sony SMP-N200 Media Streamer, which I want to use with the LoveFilm streaming service. The streamer has no storage that I'm aware of.
How can I cache film downloads on another device so ...
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How to move videos to specific folders one by one with media player?
I need to rearrange video folder which has hundreds of videos. I'm searching a media player that lets you to organize videos in playlist?
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Which player can play AC3 tracks in a video?
I have a movie in avi format and its sound part in ac3 format. Which player can play my 'custom' sound with a movie?
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Media player only works as administrator?
It seems I can only get Media Player 12 to work as administrator. If I run it normally (I am in the administrator group on my local PC) and right click on Music, and choose Manage Music Library. ...
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I need a video player [or an addon for WMP/MPCHC/VLC] that has 'Smart Playlists' (a la iTunes)?
iTunes [..] Smart Playlists based on powerful features like My Rating, Last Played, Keywords, and Total Play Count.
Basically I watch a bunch of old reruns of TV shows on shuffle in a playlist.
I'd ...
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Media Player Classic with latest K-Lite Codec chokes on FLV
I have FLV files that I want to play with Media Player Classic. Whenever I seek using the navigation bar the whole video stops. When I play it again, I receive the last still image while the audio ...
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Is there a way to start exactly where one left off from a huge set of audio files?
So maybe a certain media player has this capability? I'm setting this up for a friend, and although I myself am a Linux user, he mostly uses Windows, so it would be preferred if this could work for ...
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alternatives for zoom player? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the best video player for Windows?
is there something that is (nearly)customisable like zoom player...
something that is in the same time featured and simple...
i need ...
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Whenever I type, my media player slows right down.. and I don't know why?
It is the same with SMPlayer or VLC media player.. It's a WIN XP machine. I've noticed this with any other machine. Also, it seems to take a while to type out..
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What's the default username and password for the RCA L10T BT media player?
I have an RCA L10T BT media player device.
I lost the manual and can't seem to find a download,
so I don't know what the default username and password is to connect
to its web interface. Does anybody ...
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A video player that fully loads streaming files?
I have a terrible encoded video. It crashes ffmpeg and is nearly unusable. VLC can play it, it cant transcode it. I manage to find a plugin for virtualdub but theres still an issue with sound. The ...
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Access shared windows media player library streams with WMP on Server 2008 R2?
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 server that doubles as a workstation.
How come the WMP that comes with R2 cannot access remotely shared music libraries on the network?
The library is shared with ...
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Get XMMS2 to call outside script on automatic playlist advance?
Is there a way to get XMMS2 to call an outside script when it advances in a playlist - either automatically or via manual intervention (e.g. xmms2 next)?
The goal is to have balloons pop up on my ...
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RealPlayer Standard does not allow to position within a track
I am listening to a preaching of one hour long, recorded in one large real player file. It works fine, but as it is very heavy stuff to keep up with, I at a certain point tried to just skip back a few ...
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How can I entirely disable browser media integration in KDE Plasma 5?
I'm using a fully updated KDE Neon, currently with KDE Plasma 5.16.3. Using Vivaldi as a web browser.
Plasma has a feature that allows you to control in-browser media players (such as YouTube, but ...
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How to prevent VLC from opening a window that is too big? [duplicate]
Sometimes VLC may open a small window. But sometimes it will open a window that is like 90% of the entire screen making clicking the controls very hard.
Is there a way to set a consistent size for ...
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How to do ReplayGain for music videos?
I have a playlist of several music videos, but the videos have different loudness.
I want to play the playlist so that the loudness of each video would be the same, without the need to manually ...
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