playdv command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

playdv: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: playdv: command not found

Solutions to playdv: command not found

How To Fix playdv: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu playdv is provided by libdv-bin package.

libdv-bin is:

The Quasar DV Codec (libdv) is a software decoder for DV format video, as defined by the IEC 61834 and SMPTE 314M standards. DV is the encoding format used by consumer-grade digital camcorders.

This package contains sample programs for viewing (playdv), encoding (encodedv), transferring DV data (dvconnect) and insert audio into a DV stream (dubdv).

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install libdv-bin

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install libdv-bin.

sudo apt -y install libdv-bin

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install libdv-bin

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix playdv command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.