*.3gp Apple's standard multimedia file format for mobile gadget to handle, record & play videos. However .3gp file format cannot be played by ( often with no sound ) pre-installed Movie Player in Ubuntu Desktop. These are several simple steps on how to play .3gp file using VLC media player or SMplayer (GUI of Mplayer)
- Add Medibuntu on repositories list
- Install multimedia codec required
- Install VLC media player / SMplayer
- Open *.3gp file using VLC media player / SMplayer
Steps
- Adding Medibuntu's repository list [copy paste command in Terminal]:
sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update
- Install codec & media player [copy paste command in Terminal]:
sudo apt-get install w32codecs libamrnb3 amrwb amrnb libamrwb3 libamrwb-dev libamrnb-dev vlc mplayer smplayer
change w32codecs to w64codecs if you're using 64bit.
- Open .3gp file using VLC media player or SMplayer.
Good luck.
