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[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I ran into something like this the last time that I installed Fedora. They have (or used to have) a fairly hardcore stance about nonfree codecs, which includes anything licensed under MPEG LA.

The codec in your screenshot probably doesn't include support for H.265 playback - at the very least it isn't in the list of formats. Here's a guide that I googled for you: https://ostechnix.com/how-to-install-multimedia-codecs-in-fedora-linux/

[–] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i've actually already followed that exact guide and it still is not working

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Well, dang! I'm sorry to read that. Codecs are definitely a tricky issue for Fedora.