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Videos

Videos, also known as Totem, is an application for playing videos. You can use it to watch movies or stream media from the Internet.

Playing media

Adjust speed — Change the playback rate of a movie.
Adjust volume — Increase or decrease the volume of a movie.
Change video size and aspect ratio — Make the video bigger and make it keep the correct proportions.
Channels — Channels.
Navigation — Navigate while playing media.
Select language — Change the movie language.
Subtitles — Manually select subtitles for the played movie.
Watch a DVD or VCD — Play media files from DVD or VCD.
Watch a video — Open a file in Videos.

Advanced options

File properties — View the properties of a played audio or video file.
Preferences and additional features — Configure audio and video output and plugins.
Screenshot gallery — Create a number of screenshots from a movie.
Screenshots — Take a screenshot from a video.

Troubleshooting

Cannot play Audio CDs — This is not supported.
Cannot play a certain file format — See what file formats are supported.
Problem with loading subtitles — I cannot load subtitles.
Problem with playing movies from a DVD — I cannot play my DVD.
Track down other video problems — How to get debug information for a bug report.