How to install video codec on Ubuntu 20

Question 1

I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 20 on my machine. But I am facing an issue with running videos on the Mozilla Firefox browser. When I open any video or if any google ads contain video, the browser gives a message - "you need to install video codec to run video files".

How can I install video or any media codec on Ubuntu 20?

Question 2

You need to install the "ubuntu-restricted-extras" package to get rid of the issue.

Do the following steps to install this package:

1. Update the package repository using the following command:

sudo apt update

2. Install the package using the following command:

sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras

3. Close the browser and reopen it. Hopefully, you will not see the problem now.

phpuser · Answer 1 · 2021-12-09T03:21:29+0000

You need to install the "ubuntu-restricted-extras" package to get rid of the issue.

Do the following steps to install this package:

1. Update the package repository using the following command:

sudo apt update

2. Install the package using the following command:

sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras

3. Close the browser and reopen it. Hopefully, you will not see the problem now.

How to install video codec on Ubuntu 20

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