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hi,
i am a new user of lmde.So, i downloaded mkv videos and couldnt watch it.Because when i open the video it playing 5-7 seconds and shutting.But other videos which is not mkv format playing well.What should i do?

Which video player do you use? I have no problems with smplayer in order to play matroska videos.
If you want to convert mkv to another format, install winff.

Are you sure reason of the problem is video player? I tried some diffarent video players Vlc,gnome player,and default video player and resul is the same but i didnt try smplayer.

Can you open mkv videos(i.e. 4800p) with vlc?

I have only installed smplayer. Another thought is, do you have w32codecs installed?

No, i havent installed any codecs,just updated.Furthermore my system is intel atom N550 ,2gb ram and intel gma 3150 but i have used lisa and the problem like that has never been in lisa.

LMDE is not Lisa Try the w32codecs and if it does not work, convert mkv to avi with winff.

i cant find w32codecs in synaptic package manager.Where can i find w32codecs?How to install w32codecs? but i checked out my packages there is a package installed w64codecs cause my lmde is 64 bit xfce,what should i do now?

Sorry, i didn't ask for your LMDE version. w64codecs are correct for your system.

no problem but didnt change anything and when tried to install winff ,occured a error of broken package.

What is your sources.list? Please post the output of

This is output of the command:



Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

Have you updated to update pack 3? If not, update your system. And do you run PPA's what is not a good idea in LMDE?

Yes,i have updated to update pack 3.And no i am not run ppa's.How to do it?

I wanted to know, if you possibly run PPA's. They are for Ubuntu based systems and can cause problems in LMDE.

In Synaptic there is an option 'repair or fix broken packages' which you should try. If it does not work and you can not
install winff after this attempt, please post the output of

i have tried to repair packages and succeeded but i dont wanna convert each video which is want to watch.

Is there another solution of this problem do you know?

i found a exact solution in turkish linux mint forums.I think turkish linux users have big potantial.Problem is solved.


for big problems i suggest this web site: http://forum.linuxmint.org.tr/

Yes, i also think turkish linux users have a big potential I am happy that i'm fairly well in german language and
can stumble some english, but i can't read turkish After i spent some time in order to answer your questions, i really
would like to know, what is the solution for you?

Thanks for spent time in order to answer my questions this was very helpful and good for you ,you know two languages.You can use google translate for other language this will very helpful too.

And yes i have to expression the solution for other peopele which is encountering or which will encounter same problem.

Solution:

Open gnome-mplayer and preferences,take a look subtitle task.Remove the upper second tick which is about mkv.

And open the video with gnome-mplayer.

Thanks for the solution terelelli and you are right, other people could profit from it