Hello Matilda - and welcome to the Forum.
VLC player is generally very good but if you are having problems with it you might like to try "MPV Media Player" which is available in the Software centre.
You can set the default video player in System-settings/Details/Default-applications. If you have difficulty doing that, just come back here.
By the way: Are you using Ubuntu's default Unity Desktop (with the large icons down the left hand side)? If so you might prefer "Classic view" which is much[/i...
Hello Matilda - and welcome to the Forum.VLC player is generally very good but if you are having problems with it you might like to try "MPV Media Player" which is available in the Software centre.
You can set the default video player in System-settings/Details/Default-applications. If you have difficulty doing that, just come back here.
By the way: Are you using Ubuntu's default Unity Desktop (with the large icons down the left hand side)? If so you might prefer "Classic view" which is much[/i...
VLC player is generally very good but if you are having problems with it you might like to try "MPV Media Player" which is available in the Software centre.
You can set the default video player in System-settings/Details/Default-applications. If you have difficulty doing that, just come back here.
By the way: Are you using Ubuntu's default Unity Desktop (with the large icons down the left hand side)? If so you might prefer "Classic view" which is much[/i...