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Media troubleshooting
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Can't play media videos in a VM due to missing codecs
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If you’re having trouble playing a video file in a qube, you’re probably
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missing the required codecs. The easiest way to resolve this is to
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install VLC Media Player and use that to play your video files. You can
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do this in multiple different template distros by following the
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instructions :ref:`here <introduction/faq:how do i play video files?>`.
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Video lagging
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Playing videos may cause lags since software decoding uses a lot of CPU.
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Depending on your video player, there are some settings that may
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smoothen video plays:
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- If using VLC media player, go to Tools–> Preferences –> Video –>
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Output. By default, the Output is set to “Automatic”. Go through the
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list and try out other output options to see if any makes videos run
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smoother.
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- If using mpv media player, you may be able to improve performance by
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entering ``mpv --profile=sw-fast --vo=x11`` in a terminal.
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- For video lags when playing videos from a browser, disable hardware
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acceleration in the browser. If the problem arises when watching
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streams, it may be smoother to use ``streamlink`` to view streams in
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mpv instead of using the browser.
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