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  • 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.

    • 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

      • Can you run GNOME Videos in the command line and copy/paste the error output when it crashes?

      • 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.

      • 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.

  • Avoid distribution eccentricities by istalling VLC from Flathub.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • This is the right answer

  • 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/

    • i've actually already followed that exact guide and it still is not working

      • Well, dang! I'm sorry to read that. Codecs are definitely a tricky issue for Fedora.

  • 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 :)

  • 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.

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