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Re: vlc and access modules



On Thu, 14 May 2020 22:05:41 -0400 (EDT)
moelmoel2714 <moelmoel2714@gmail.com> wrote:

> Greets!
> 
> not sure how I got into this bind but I seem to have lost the 'access 
> modules' that allow vlc to view video files (and likely do many other 
> things; I know I cannot convert video).
> 
> when I try to look at an mp4, I get
> 
> Your input can't be opened:
> VLC is unable to open the MRL
> 'file:///home/davisf/dwhelper/video.mp4'. Check the log for details.
> 
> I don't know where the log is. I have noticed that there are very few 

Try Tools -> Messages

See here for more information:

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=97476

> 'access modules' available, whereas there are a bunch in vlc on 
> another machine. I am guessing that's the problem; maybe wrong 
> diagnosis.
> 
> I have tried purging vlc and reinstalling without effect - I generally 
> use apt and apt-get. I looked at a bunch of vlc stuff in synaptic and 
> installed some things I might use, some plugins, but to no effect on 
> the present problem.
> 
> I have not restarted the session or the computer.
> 
> this is Debian Buster using 4qos-trinity, a variant of 
> Trinity-Desktop, a variant of KDE derived from KDE3.
> 
> vlc is installed from deb-multimedia. it's 3.0.10 Vetinari.

Why deb-multimedia? Buster has 3.0.10 in the official repos:

https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/vlc

Celejar


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