Xibo Player for Linux is not working

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Player Version

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snap 2.70
snapd 2.70
series 16
ubuntu 25.04
xibo player 1.8-R6

CMS Version: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS - xibo-cms:release-4.2.3

Server is the docker image provided by Xibo and the Linux player is installed on a fresh Ubuntu with the all updates and the current snap version and latest stable player version

Both Server and Client have internet access and are in the same subnet

Issue

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Hello everyone,

I have had issues with the xibo player for Ubuntu. Anything other than a singular picture wont run. I’ll either get blackscreens or the splash screen from xibo. In the logs I get following error:
[LayoutParser - ImageGtk] Layout 24 is invalid or missing. Reason: Couldn’t recognize the image file format for file ‘/home/user/snap/xibo-player/108/2.jpg’

If I try to display the image that throws the error as singular image it works fine but any layout or similar that isn’t a singular file just won’t display.

I don’t really know what throws the error as I tried running the same Layout under a Windows 11 client and it worked instantly.

The layout is shown as working and the display also has the tick. I don’t have any experience working with Xibo. This is currently tested to replace our current sinage solution with raspberry pi’s and batch scripts.

Thanks in advance for any help! If I need to provide any more detail, pls state it.

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Try playing the asset in mplayer. Sometimes the decoders are missing. Check your gstreamer install or try installing the unrestricted extras in Ubuntu?

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Hi, thanks for your reply. I’ve since installed the unrestricted extras, also gstreamer and mplayer. Additionally i’ve installed the h.264 encoder from m

I could playback the .mp4 files that would display a black screen in the xibo player. I couldn’t get the mplayer to work tho.

I have also tried to get the xibo-player working under Fedora 42 where i’ve went mostly the same, with the current OS-, snap and xibo version. Installed RPM free and non-free, plus the things mentioned in your comment.
The result was also pretty similar with playback issues on the same files. Also mplayer coudln’t open (I have not investigated why, I just went the easy way to playback h.264 videos in the native video player provided by Fedora)

I’ve read somewhere in the Forum that X11 could be an issue with playback?

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Hi, the player version 1.8 ist not compatible with the cms 4.2.3 afaik. Too bad it is still available on snap, that often confuses ppl.
There is no compatible linux-player atm.
Check Xibo for Linux | Xibo Open Source Digital Signage for updates on a new player.

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There is “Arexibos” unofficial player OS located here:
https://m1r0.de/iso/Arexibos.x86_64-42.3-1.1.iso

Username: tv
Password: password

Arexibo unofficial player is compiled from sources here: