VLC won't show video but plays sound

baronobeefdip · 05-18-2011, 04:55 PM

after updating from these repositories

Code:


#### Debian Backports - http://backports.debian.org/
deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main

#### Debian Multimedia - http://www.debian-multimedia.org/
## Run this command: apt-get update && apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring && apt-get update
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main non-free

#### Google Linux Software Repositories - http://www.google.com
## Run this command: wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main

#### Google Linux Software Repositories (Testing) - http://www.google.com
## Run this command: wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ testing non-free

#### Skype - http://www.skype.com
## Run this command: gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0xd66b746e && gpg --export --armor 0xd66b746e | apt-key add -
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free

#### VirtualBox - http://www.virtualbox.org
## Run this command: wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | apt-key add -
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian squeeze contrib

#### Wine - http://www.winehq.org/
## Run this command: wget -O - http://www.lamaresh.net/apt/key.gpg | apt-key add -

vlc started to playing only the audio and not the video, i tried setting the video preferences but all video outputs didn't work. how do i get my video back

SalmonEater · 05-18-2011, 07:42 PM

Don't know if it still applies, but I had to do it a couple times in the past --

http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=70719&f=13

. . . but probably were aware of this. I would hope it is not still a problem!

segmentation_fault · 05-19-2011, 08:14 AM

I had the same problem few days ago. Reinstall of vlc solved the problem.

baronobeefdip · 05-19-2011, 12:11 PM

i tried that and it didn't work

segmentation_fault · 05-20-2011, 07:59 AM

What version of vlc are you using? Have you tried downgrading? Have you tried disabling the debian-multimedia as suggested on the other forum?
When I had this problem I also installed some additional packages, like vlc-sdl but I can't tell if that did the trick.