The solution is too obvious! I looked at https://askubuntu.com/questions/638446/why-do-the-video-players-make-no- sound. There is a comment saying "Sound Settings -> Applications -> See If 'Videos' Is Muted". Volume was at zero for VLC Media Player when it was playing the mp3 file. As soon as I increased the volume, I could hear sound. This also corrected no sound in Totem. What's confusing is that the volume in the systray is not shown for vlc but is the general one. Apologies if you already suggested checking "Sound Settings -> Applications -> See If 'Videos' Is Muted".
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