VLC plays audio but not video

trumpforprez · 06-10-2018, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jfhendfg

Yeah in fact my dumb*** didn't include allllll the intricate details needed in the bug report, working with a guy via email to get him the information needed. Hopefully a solution will come. Fingers crossed.

Until then I'd say this mystery is still unsolved batman.

I have an old Debian 8 (Jessie) version on my hard drive and thankfully VLC still works on that.

If you install Debian 8 onto a usb - you might be able to use VLC.

jfhendfg · 06-10-2018, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by hydrurga

Don't worry about it - they never check the details anyway. I usually give them the DNA sequence of my hamster Gerald and they've never taken me up on it yet.

Seriously though, it really does depend on the hosting platform and the package - bug reports can often be easy to post.

Don't give up. If they're going to muck you around a bit then treat it as a challenge to post a bug report.

It's not a challenge I have the willpower for right now. The main thing was a list of all vlc dependencies, and the logfile from vlc -vvv.

Well I have no idea where vlc poops out its logs since it doesn't even tell me after running the command, andd as far as a list of dependencies I have no clue where to find that written out either.

Yeah maybe I'm being petty but I can already tell that won't be enough even if I did have that info on hand.

jfhendfg · 06-10-2018, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trumpforprez

I have an old Debian 8 (Jessie) version on my hard drive and thankfully VLC still works on that.

If you install Debian 8 onto a usb - you might be able to use VLC.

I'm happy that solution works for you, but I really really really don't want to lose all the work I've put into this system. Work like hours and days on end working on crap like this. Stuff that the updates never cover, bugs that I worked out on my own and then forgot how I did so.

That's an uphill battle that I definitely don't want to fight.

hydrurga · 06-10-2018, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jfhendfg

It's not a challenge I have the willpower for right now. The main thing was a list of all vlc dependencies, and the logfile from vlc -vvv.

Well I have no idea where vlc poops out its logs since it doesn't even tell me after running the command, andd as far as a list of dependencies I have no clue where to find that written out either.

Yeah maybe I'm being petty but I can already tell that won't be enough even if I did have that info on hand.

When I run vlc -vvv, it outputs its log to the terminal screen - you just need to cut and paste that.

Do they mean the VLC dependencies that you have installed or that should be installed?

Code:

sudo apt-cache depends vlc

shows you the list of VLC dependencies (and recommendations). My system, for example, gives:

Code:

vlc
  Depends: vlc-bin
  Depends: vlc-plugin-base
  Depends: vlc-plugin-qt
  Depends: vlc-plugin-video-output
  Recommends: vlc-l10n
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-samba
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-skins2
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-video-splitter
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-visualization

If you throw the first four of these into:

Code:

dpkg -l vlc-bin vlc-plugin-base vlc-plugin-qt vlc-plugin-video-output

then you will have details of the versions of the dependencies that VLC has on your system (if that's what they're looking for).

Takes a minute, honestly.

trumpforprez · 06-10-2018, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jfhendfg

Until then I'd say this mystery is still unsolved batman.

Why do you make the batman reference?

jfhendfg · 06-10-2018, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

When I run vlc -vvv, it outputs its log to the terminal screen - you just need to cut and paste that.

Do they mean the VLC dependencies that you have installed or that should be installed?

Code:

sudo apt-cache depends vlc

shows you the list of VLC dependencies (and recommendations). My system, for example, gives:

Code:

vlc
  Depends: vlc-bin
  Depends: vlc-plugin-base
  Depends: vlc-plugin-qt
  Depends: vlc-plugin-video-output
  Recommends: vlc-l10n
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-samba
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-skins2
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-video-splitter
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-visualization

If you throw the first four of these into:

Code:

dpkg -l vlc-bin vlc-plugin-base vlc-plugin-qt vlc-plugin-video-output

then you will have details of the versions of the dependencies that VLC has on your system (if that's what they're looking for).

Takes a minute, honestly.

Ok so the vlc -vvv output is what I sent him and he still requested it differently. And on the dependencies he didn't say.

I can't do this I'm sorry.

hydrurga · 06-10-2018, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jfhendfg

Ok so the vlc -vvv output is what I sent him and he still requested it differently. And on the dependencies he didn't say.

I can't do this I'm sorry.

No problem. Thanks for trying.

trumpforprez · 06-10-2018, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

No problem. Thanks for trying.

I wore a Batman t-shirt today.
I live in the UK.

I am so proud of my country

trumpforprez · 06-10-2018, 04:04 PM

This thread is solved.

jfhendfg · 06-10-2018, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

When I run vlc -vvv, it outputs its log to the terminal screen - you just need to cut and paste that.

Do they mean the VLC dependencies that you have installed or that should be installed?

Code:

sudo apt-cache depends vlc

shows you the list of VLC dependencies (and recommendations). My system, for example, gives:

Code:

vlc
  Depends: vlc-bin
  Depends: vlc-plugin-base
  Depends: vlc-plugin-qt
  Depends: vlc-plugin-video-output
  Recommends: vlc-l10n
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-samba
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-skins2
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-video-splitter
  Recommends: vlc-plugin-visualization

If you throw the first four of these into:

Code:

dpkg -l vlc-bin vlc-plugin-base vlc-plugin-qt vlc-plugin-video-output

then you will have details of the versions of the dependencies that VLC has on your system (if that's what they're looking for).

Takes a minute, honestly.

So if I didn't say it already I'll repeat, the vlc -vvv output is exactly what I sent him, as you described, and that is what he asked for. And I went ahead and sent him the list of VLC dependencies since he said he's still able to help (yeah right).

I'll tell you the same thing I told him. I'm assuming it's wrong, but I sent it anyway.

jfhendfg · 06-10-2018, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by trumpforprez

This thread is solved.

Not really. But then again maybe it's not a bug at all and my system is just f****d plain and simple. For no reason whatsoever. Why not.

ondoho · 06-10-2018, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by trumpforprez

VLC is a media player which can circumvent Digital Rights Management.
If VLC is no longer usable on a computer then we can see that Digital Rights Management is being upheld.

sorry, but this isn't true.
native linux mediaplayers (and i won't drop any names no because i do not want to appear as a fanboy) are just as capable of playing all sorts of codecs, just as VLC is.
full stop.
youtube integration is even superior to that of vlc, thanks to youtube-dl.
i keep telling people, you don't depend on VLC on linux.

Quote:

Originally Posted by trumpforprez

This thread is solved.

why? how?

trumpforprez · 06-11-2018, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

sorry, but this isn't true.
native linux mediaplayers (and i won't drop any names no because i do not want to appear as a fanboy) are just as capable of playing all sorts of codecs, just as VLC is.
full stop.
youtube integration is even superior to that of vlc, thanks to youtube-dl.
i keep telling people, you don't depend on VLC on linux.

I see. This is good to know.
I will need to try out some Linux media players. It will be an enjoyable exercise.

Quote:

why? how?

I think the VLC version I have on Debian 9 has a bug - but I've just realised I haven't sent a bug report.
I don't want to use up too much of LQ's time but if members think the thread is unsolved then I'll keep it open.
Thank you, Ondoho.

jfhendfg · 06-11-2018, 02:00 PM

Yeah and my issue (vlc -vvv output) isn't even giving me QPainter output, it's still behaving like a retarded wildebeest in a fine china store, but I don't think me talking about it here is going to help anymore.

The guy from the Debian bug people is still emailing me helping me to fix it anyway.

And no offense to anyone but he really seems like he knows his stuff so I'm just going to do what he says.

vullick · 07-03-2018, 07:46 AM

Hello,

If it can help somebody here, in the following post is a workaround to use the last vlc version that runs well on debian stretch, and links to posts of users that have the same problem with VLC 3.0.2 on Debian Stretch (which runs audio but no video files)...
(i can't post external links on my first post here)