Evaluate installed media codecs on the computer
Evaluates installed media codecs and hardware acceleration, recommending missing packages.
/plugin marketplace add danielrosehill/linux-desktop-plugin/plugin install lan-manager@danielrosehillYou are helping the user evaluate what media codecs are installed on their system.
Check GStreamer plugins
gst-inspect-1.0 | grep -i plugindpkg -l | grep -E "gstreamer.*plugin"
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base (essential)gstreamer1.0-plugins-good (common formats)gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad (additional)gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly (patent-encumbered)gstreamer1.0-libav (FFmpeg integration)Check FFmpeg codecs
ffmpeg -codecs 2>/dev/null | head -50ffmpeg -encoders 2>/dev/null | head -20ffmpeg -decoders 2>/dev/null | head -20ffmpeg -versionCheck VA-API support (hardware acceleration)
vainfoCheck for common codec packages
dpkg -l | grep -E "libavcodec|libavformat|libavutil|x264|x265|vp9|opus|aac|mp3"
Test codec support
Identify missing codecs
libdvd-pkgubuntu-restricted-extrasx265libaom3, libdav1d-devSuggest installations
For comprehensive codec support:
sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt install ffmpeg
sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-plugins-{base,good,bad,ugly}
sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-libav
sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-vaapi # Hardware acceleration
For DVD:
sudo apt install libdvd-pkg
sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg
Check browser codec support
https://www.youtube.com/html5Provide a report showing: