On 2012-02-02, Sharon Kimble <skimble04@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, lets try getting this down coherently and without emotion. > Starting vlc from a terminal might produce an edifying message. You say no sound; that holds for a variety of file types? Someone mentioned going into Tools/Preferences/Audio Settings and verifying the output module (and perhaps experimenting with the available ones in the drop-down list).