Comments on: How to play .mkv files in Ubuntu

By: Rothwell

Rothwell — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:17:12 +0000

Do a sudo apt-get update, followed by a sudo apt-get install vlc
Worked for me straightaway. Check your sources.list is correct, uncomment (take away the #) from each line that starts with deb.
Then update then install. If you can’t work it out, search “sources.list” on google.
Merry Christmas.

By: vladimir

vladimir — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:09:24 +0000

Everything fails starting from attempt to install. Numerous error massages “failed to fetch….”

By: Mussa

Mussa — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:07:16 +0000

I have installed Vlc player in ubuntu 10.04 but it cant play any kind of Movie or Music when i command to play with vlc so what can i do?.

By: Tomeco Hawkins

Tomeco Hawkins — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:52:18 +0000

Thanks it works great.

By: gamaliel

gamaliel — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:15:56 +0000

well. I installed VLC, but it can’t play mkv videos! Just Start and them Stop inmediately.
and in mp4 the video some times hesitates!
please! What can I do?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:26:19 +0000

Worked for me just fine.

By: RB

RB — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:49:58 +0000

All I get is:
E: couldn’t find package vlc