VLC

CrownAmbassador · 12-23-2006, 01:29 PM

I can get avi and wmv format movies to play on vlc but there is no sound. What must I do?

lebabyg · 12-24-2006, 06:13 AM

If you run vlc from a terminal, what errors go you get when you try and play avi and wmv movies??? Have you tried them in totem or another video player???

CrownAmbassador · 01-01-2007, 03:36 PM

Sorry for taking so long to reply. How do I play a movie with vlc from terminal?

lebabyg · 01-02-2007, 07:33 AM

type videolan or vlc in a terminal

CrownAmbassador · 01-02-2007, 04:15 PM

Oh! Lol! Blond moment! I thought I need to type something to open the specific file. The output is:

Code:

$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.2-svn Janus
libhal.c 767 : org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceDoesNotExist raised
"Service "org.freedesktop.Hal" does not exist"

[00000250] main playlist: adding playlist item `/home/conradtheart/CowMatrix1.mpg' ( /home/conradtheart/CowMatrix1.mpg )
[00000312] oss audio output error: cannot open audio device (/dev/dsp)
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
[00000312] esd audio output error: cannot open esound socket (format 0x00001011at 44100 Hz)
[00000250] main playlist: nothing to play

I guess I have to change the audio setting in vlc. But what do I change it to?

postcd · 03-15-2021, 08:11 AM

I have found this via SE and it contains too low answers.
What i have found is that vlc processes on Linux may hang, so one can kill it: kill -9 $(pidof vlc)
then the audio started playing it is some long term bug devs fails to fix.
Another thing to try is to change playback device in Audio / Audio device menu.
Third thing is to edit Tools / Preferences / Show settings "All" / Audio / Output modules / change output module.
fourth: sudo alsactl nrestore;pulseaudio -k; pulseaudio --start

jefro · 03-15-2021, 02:44 PM

Members, be sure to notice that this thread is 11 years old. A lot has changed.