On Thu, 14 May 2020 22:05:41 -0400 (EDT) moelmoel2714 <moelmoel2...@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
