Public bug reported: VLC cannot yet play the new AV1 format (an open and royalty-free video coding format): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1
Sample videos can be download from here for testing: https://www.elecard.com/videos ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: vlc 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Aug 29 13:54:19 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-19 (41 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228) SourcePackage: vlc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1789715 Title: VLC Won't Play AV1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1789715/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
