• devfuuu@lemmy.world
    623·
    1 year ago

    Oh the good old days of suffering from a distro based on the US that has to follow the stupid laws of software patents and problems coming from all that shit.

    One of the top reasons to use Arch when I started because of the pragmatic approach of do not giving a fuck.

    • helenslunch@feddit.nl
      121·
      1 year ago

      Wouldn’t it be be easier to just install VLC than to completely wipe your PC and change distros?

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
      41·
      1 year ago

      a distro based on the US that has to follow the stupid laws of software patents and problems coming from all that shit.

      That’s one reason why Flathub exists and definitively much easier than to migrate to Arch.

  • Silejonu@kbin.social
    301·
    1 year ago

    Try this:

    sudo dnf update
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf groupupdate core
sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing
sudo dnf groupupdate multimedia --setop="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin
sudo dnf groupupdate sound-and-video

    You should also add the hardware accelerated codecs, by following the appropriate section depending on your hardware:
    https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multimedia?highlight=%28%5CbCategoryHowto%5Cb%29

    Make sure to reboot.

    If this still does not work, install Celluloid and enjoy the superiority of mpv.

    • candle_lighter@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I was actually using Celluloid before but videos were not playing until I used the commands you gave. Gnome videos is now crashing but I don’t care as much since Celluloid is now working

      • Spectacle8011@lemmy.comfysnug.space
        3·
        1 year ago

        This confused the hell out of me last month. You can install two different versions off fmpeg/gstreamer on Fedora. One version of ffmpeg—the completely free, patent-unencumbered version—is available in Fedora’s official repositories. This one does not include decoders for H.264 or H.265. You can still install OpenH264 from Cisco and use that to decode H.264 video, but there is no “free” way of decoding H.265 video. For that, you need to go to RPMFusion, which is not associated with Fedora. They ship the H.265 and AAC decoders, among other codecs that cannot be shipped without paying a licensing fee. RPMFusion is a third-party and they believe they can’t/won’t be pursued for patent infringement.

        And all of that is great, but I installed ffmpeg from RPMFusion and it still didn’t work. I had to mindlessly copy commands until it did work. So you’re not alone. I’m just giving you the context in case you were curious.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        I was actually using Celluloid

        Celluloid is an MPV client and installing GStreamer codecs, as you did initially, does nothing. I didn’t recognize Celluloid on the screenshot, though.

    • Pantherina@feddit.de
      4·
      1 year ago

      True. They created x265 afaik. I literally only layer libavcodec-freeworld on Fedora Kinoite and thats all I need. VLC does everything. BUUUT the Flatpak is not official! And there is already VLC 4.0 out! So helping the Dev is always important, and Videolan would make it officially maintained like the snap, if the Flatpak devs approach them and explain everything etc.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Oh. I was reading OP’s problem, and didn’t understand. I’ve been on Fedora for a while and never experienced this, but VLC is one of the first programs I install on every new distro.

  • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
    12·
    1 year ago

    Didn’t some distro remove hardware transcoding support for some non-free codecs for AMD hardware? I remember being really pissed at Manjaro for that a while ago when I noticed Plex was devouring my CPU. Maybe something related to that if you got AMD and hardware acceleration is forced?

  • Bob Smith@sopuli.xyz
    121·
    1 year ago

    I ran into something like this the last time that I installed Fedora. They have (or used to have) a fairly hardcore stance about nonfree codecs, which includes anything licensed under MPEG LA.

    The codec in your screenshot probably doesn’t include support for H.265 playback - at the very least it isn’t in the list of formats. Here’s a guide that I googled for you: https://ostechnix.com/how-to-install-multimedia-codecs-in-fedora-linux/

  • Camilo@discuss.tchncs.de
    52·
    1 year ago

    I just installed fedora a couple of days ago and this happens to me too…

    I guess I’ll try a different distro 🤷‍♂️ it was being a nice experience until I tried to play a video

  • AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    41·
    1 year ago

    I had this problem, but after not being able to resolve it I tried Bazzite and found the gaming experience was much better there anyway, so switched. This problem doesn’t exist on that distro.

  • uis@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’m not sure what player you are using and what decoder it uses, but I suggest checking if you have h265 support in ffmpeg. If you do, you can play with ffplay anyway :)