Unable to watch clear videos

[Mandar Kulkarni]

Hi, I have installed Ubuntu 17.10. I have some documentary videos of 720P, 480p quality. but m unable to watch these in that quality. It runs in VLC in very poor quality. Kindly provide solution. or graphics drivers details to be install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Dec 23 11:45:03 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: artful
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: No
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [17aa:20e4]
   Subsystem: Lenovo Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [17aa:20e4]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-22 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
MachineType: LENOVO 2743A61
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-16-generic root=UUID=5d6d5f7e-471a-45a7-b02c-baa3afea4fb8 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6AET64WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: 2743A61
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: LENOVO 6AET64WW
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: LENOVO 6AET64WW
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6AET64WW:bd12/01/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2743A61:pvrThinkPadSL400:rvnLENOVO:rn2743A61:rvrLENOVO6AET64WW:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLENOVO6AET64WW:
dmi.product.name: 2743A61
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad SL400
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.2-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.2-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) reached end-of-life on July 19, 2018.

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