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Why does VLC look like this? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago by daggermoon@lemmy.world to c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip

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I installed vlc-git from the Chaotic-AUR and I am speechless.

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[–] Rudee@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Any particular reason you're getting VLC from the AUR? Even if it didn't come preinstalled, the pacman version is much better security- and stability-wise

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Yes, the version in the standard Arch repos won't play any mpeg2 videos. I have all the plugins installed so that's not the issue. I ran it in Konsole and it threw some error about VDPAU. I'm using an AMD card so I don't see why that would matter anyway. The VLC flatpak plays it fine but I have other issues with the flatpak. I'm using an RX 9070 XT.

Edit: Worth mentioning I didn't try playing mpeg2 videos in this weird git version after I saw this UI. I doubt it would fix it anyway.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If it doesn't work, give MPV a try !

MPV is for linux what VLC is for Windows...The best player !

I was also a long time VLC player user when I was on Windows. But had also some issues and switched over to MPV !

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/mpv/

https://mpv.io/

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I would, problem is no support for DVD and Blu-ray menus.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh ? Longtime I haven't run any real DVD so I didn't though that was a thing !

Yeah if that's an important feature I guess it won't work :/

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah, sadly. I think it used to support it but was removed for some reason. I hate relying on VLC but it's the only viable Linux option.

[–] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your missing vlc-plugins-all.

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/vlc-plugins-all/

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I have all the plugins installed.

[–] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Sure but if you're using weird flatpak versions of VLC those plugins won't be invoked because the idea of a flatpak is that it brings it's own plugins. Remove the non-standard versions you installed, put back the regular vlc package from the main repo and it'll work.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

the version in the standard Arch repos won’t play any mpeg2 videos. I have all the plugins installed

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I know. I installed the flatpak after trying the version in the Arch repos.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

it threw some error about VDPAU

Have you tried usung another video output. This is what solved a similar issue for me some years ago. It was on an Intel system though.

https://wiki.videolan.org/Modify_Video_Output/

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I found a solution. The CachyOS repos and kernel appear to work much better on my system. Installing them and rebooting fixed my issues.