#Videos not playing!

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weak fjord
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I'm facing an issue where the videos are either buffering or lagging whether it's Youtube or mpv or vlc or any web embedded video idk it just isn't playing
All I hear is the audio track, please elp 😭

shut zodiac
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Hello

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Did you install the multimedia codecs?

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Have you checked your internet?

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Internet is crazy

weak fjord
shut zodiac
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Btw vlc comes with its own codecs

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So multimedia codecs doesn't matter

weak fjord
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it does but it's issue is

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video is good but audio lags

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the problem suddenly occured

shut zodiac
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Specs?

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Pc specs?

weak fjord
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its been like 3 months since i installed linux

weak fjord
shut zodiac
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Okay

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That's decent hardware

shut zodiac
weak fjord
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i can;t

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i didn't do anythinggg

shut zodiac
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Possibly updating or tinkering with your system or otherwise

weak fjord
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i didn't

shut zodiac
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Have you tried changing browser by chance? If that fix

weak fjord
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but the issue is beyond the browser

shut zodiac
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With so little evidence

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It's hard to figure out

weak fjord
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it is

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not even discord videos are playing

shut zodiac
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Huh

formal rose
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Is this problem only with online videos, or with local too?

weak fjord
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online and local

formal rose
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So, only sound when you try to play a video from a file, yes?

shut zodiac
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I figured it out

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It's either pipewire or pulseaudio issue

formal rose
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Pipewire and pulseaudio are audio related, but you said you don't get video, while op can hear audio.

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@weak fjord Can you try to run

mpv --hwdec=auto /path/to/video_file

and tell me the result, along with terminal output?

weak fjord
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Okay

weak fjord
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but i did update ffmpeg

formal rose
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How did the video played?

weak fjord
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the video is like

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paused and only audio isplaying

formal rose
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Ok, now try

mpv --no-hwdec /path/to/video_file

give me terminal output and how the video plays

weak fjord
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that's not an option

formal rose
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not an option?

weak fjord
formal rose
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Oh, hold on

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try

mpv --hwdec=no /path/to/video_file

weak fjord
formal rose
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seems the same

weak fjord
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yeah

formal rose
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Plays the same too?

shut zodiac
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This is very unique problem I've ever seen

weak fjord
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seems like it

weak fjord
formal rose
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Can you show us output of

inxi -G

please

weak fjord
formal rose
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Alright, next give output of

vainfo

if not installed

sudo apt install vainfo

weak fjord
formal rose
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Do you have same problem in browser when trying to view videos?

weak fjord
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but they;re atleast playing

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i mean the video is either buffering or lagging

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audio is fine

formal rose
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Do you get very high cpu usage when trying to play the videos?

weak fjord
formal rose
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Did it work fine before? If so when did it change?

weak fjord
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only audio and a paused video

formal rose
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How about

mpv --hwdec=vaapi --vo=gpu /path/to/video.mp4

does that play the video?

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Also, look for possible clues in the logs

dmesg | grep -i drm

and

journalctl -xe | grep video

weak fjord
weak fjord
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@formal rose i just realised if i pause the audio, the video starts to work properly

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could it be something with the codecs?

formal rose
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Are you on mint 22?

weak fjord
formal rose
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Try reinstalling ffmpeg

sudo apt install --reinstall ffmpeg libavcodec-extra

weak fjord
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Cuz it didn't fix

formal rose
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no harm in rebooting.

Also, what did you mean by "when I pause audio - the video works"?

weak fjord
formal rose
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Does that work on local files?

weak fjord
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nope

formal rose
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If you boot from live usb, do these problems persist?

weak fjord
formal rose
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Can you test real quick? both online and offline videos.

weak fjord
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i dont have a live usb

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but i can assure you

formal rose
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Does

sudo apt install -f

give you anything?

weak fjord
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nope

formal rose
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Well I'm stumped

weak fjord
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i hate this

weak fjord
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Update on the issue: Found a fix, install pulseaudio

shut zodiac
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As I said