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The Next CEO of Stack Overflowvlc cannot play mkv and mp4 formatsVLC won't run DVDsVLC won't play musicVLC won't downloadVLC won't play DVD moviesVLC player won't openSaved videos won't play in 16.04 Gnome VLC playerVLC Media Player Won't Play DVD'sVlc Does not startVLC media player won't installVLC 3 Won't Start










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Here's the output I get:



$ vlc
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)


No error message, no nothing.
After forking at least I can see that it crashed:



[1] + 25287 exit 1 vlc


Where should I begin investigating? Purging and reinstalling didn't help.



EDIT: I tried purging, reinstalling, deleting configs etc. and no solution to be found on stack exchange/vlc forums/other sites helped. Hence I do not expect here any solution suggestions - I'd be glad if I could see some output from vlc telling me this and that library is missing or cannot open some file because it is read-only.










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  • How about cvlc?

    – Parto
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:12











  • Nothing changes

    – LuGo
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:13











  • How did you install vlc? And what are you trying to play with it? Did you install 'ubuntu-restricted-extras'? - I use vlc 2.2.2-5 installed from the repositories in 16.04.1 LTS and it works. It prints the same message as yours, when started from a command line, and it works.

    – sudodus
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:26






  • 2





    You can also try resetting the configs using vlc --reset-config then try again.

    – Parto
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:37






  • 1





    Nope: $killall -9 vlc yields vlc: no process found

    – LuGo
    Dec 22 '16 at 11:27















13















Here's the output I get:



$ vlc
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)


No error message, no nothing.
After forking at least I can see that it crashed:



[1] + 25287 exit 1 vlc


Where should I begin investigating? Purging and reinstalling didn't help.



EDIT: I tried purging, reinstalling, deleting configs etc. and no solution to be found on stack exchange/vlc forums/other sites helped. Hence I do not expect here any solution suggestions - I'd be glad if I could see some output from vlc telling me this and that library is missing or cannot open some file because it is read-only.










share|improve this question
























  • How about cvlc?

    – Parto
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:12











  • Nothing changes

    – LuGo
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:13











  • How did you install vlc? And what are you trying to play with it? Did you install 'ubuntu-restricted-extras'? - I use vlc 2.2.2-5 installed from the repositories in 16.04.1 LTS and it works. It prints the same message as yours, when started from a command line, and it works.

    – sudodus
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:26






  • 2





    You can also try resetting the configs using vlc --reset-config then try again.

    – Parto
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:37






  • 1





    Nope: $killall -9 vlc yields vlc: no process found

    – LuGo
    Dec 22 '16 at 11:27













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3






Here's the output I get:



$ vlc
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)


No error message, no nothing.
After forking at least I can see that it crashed:



[1] + 25287 exit 1 vlc


Where should I begin investigating? Purging and reinstalling didn't help.



EDIT: I tried purging, reinstalling, deleting configs etc. and no solution to be found on stack exchange/vlc forums/other sites helped. Hence I do not expect here any solution suggestions - I'd be glad if I could see some output from vlc telling me this and that library is missing or cannot open some file because it is read-only.










share|improve this question
















Here's the output I get:



$ vlc
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)


No error message, no nothing.
After forking at least I can see that it crashed:



[1] + 25287 exit 1 vlc


Where should I begin investigating? Purging and reinstalling didn't help.



EDIT: I tried purging, reinstalling, deleting configs etc. and no solution to be found on stack exchange/vlc forums/other sites helped. Hence I do not expect here any solution suggestions - I'd be glad if I could see some output from vlc telling me this and that library is missing or cannot open some file because it is read-only.







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  • How about cvlc?

    – Parto
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:12











  • Nothing changes

    – LuGo
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:13











  • How did you install vlc? And what are you trying to play with it? Did you install 'ubuntu-restricted-extras'? - I use vlc 2.2.2-5 installed from the repositories in 16.04.1 LTS and it works. It prints the same message as yours, when started from a command line, and it works.

    – sudodus
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:26






  • 2





    You can also try resetting the configs using vlc --reset-config then try again.

    – Parto
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:37






  • 1





    Nope: $killall -9 vlc yields vlc: no process found

    – LuGo
    Dec 22 '16 at 11:27

















  • How about cvlc?

    – Parto
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:12











  • Nothing changes

    – LuGo
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:13











  • How did you install vlc? And what are you trying to play with it? Did you install 'ubuntu-restricted-extras'? - I use vlc 2.2.2-5 installed from the repositories in 16.04.1 LTS and it works. It prints the same message as yours, when started from a command line, and it works.

    – sudodus
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:26






  • 2





    You can also try resetting the configs using vlc --reset-config then try again.

    – Parto
    Dec 22 '16 at 8:37






  • 1





    Nope: $killall -9 vlc yields vlc: no process found

    – LuGo
    Dec 22 '16 at 11:27
















How about cvlc?

– Parto
Dec 22 '16 at 8:12





How about cvlc?

– Parto
Dec 22 '16 at 8:12













Nothing changes

– LuGo
Dec 22 '16 at 8:13





Nothing changes

– LuGo
Dec 22 '16 at 8:13













How did you install vlc? And what are you trying to play with it? Did you install 'ubuntu-restricted-extras'? - I use vlc 2.2.2-5 installed from the repositories in 16.04.1 LTS and it works. It prints the same message as yours, when started from a command line, and it works.

– sudodus
Dec 22 '16 at 8:26





How did you install vlc? And what are you trying to play with it? Did you install 'ubuntu-restricted-extras'? - I use vlc 2.2.2-5 installed from the repositories in 16.04.1 LTS and it works. It prints the same message as yours, when started from a command line, and it works.

– sudodus
Dec 22 '16 at 8:26




2




2





You can also try resetting the configs using vlc --reset-config then try again.

– Parto
Dec 22 '16 at 8:37





You can also try resetting the configs using vlc --reset-config then try again.

– Parto
Dec 22 '16 at 8:37




1




1





Nope: $killall -9 vlc yields vlc: no process found

– LuGo
Dec 22 '16 at 11:27





Nope: $killall -9 vlc yields vlc: no process found

– LuGo
Dec 22 '16 at 11:27










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I had a similar problem. I don't know why but using the vlc-wrapper instead of cvlc or vlc running the program as root through gksudo helped. As so:



gksudo vlc-wrapper


also make sure ffmpeg and other related packages are installed:



sudo apt-get install ffmpeg*





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    I can't consider running as root a solution

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I had the same issue using vlc-bin from apt. The snap version (3.0.6 currently) works for me:



sudo snap install vlc





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    also make sure ffmpeg and other related packages are installed:



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      I can't consider running as root a solution

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    I had a similar problem. I don't know why but using the vlc-wrapper instead of cvlc or vlc running the program as root through gksudo helped. As so:



    gksudo vlc-wrapper


    also make sure ffmpeg and other related packages are installed:



    sudo apt-get install ffmpeg*





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      I can't consider running as root a solution

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      May 31 '18 at 13:38













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    I had a similar problem. I don't know why but using the vlc-wrapper instead of cvlc or vlc running the program as root through gksudo helped. As so:



    gksudo vlc-wrapper


    also make sure ffmpeg and other related packages are installed:



    sudo apt-get install ffmpeg*





    share|improve this answer















    I had a similar problem. I don't know why but using the vlc-wrapper instead of cvlc or vlc running the program as root through gksudo helped. As so:



    gksudo vlc-wrapper


    also make sure ffmpeg and other related packages are installed:



    sudo apt-get install ffmpeg*






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