19 Jun
2020
19 Jun
'20
6:17 p.m.
Anno domini 2020 Fri, 19 Jun 11:03:09 -0700
William Morder via trinity-users scripsit:
On Friday 19 June 2020 10:21:32 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
Can you start vlc from commandline and post the error message - if any?
Anno domini 2020 Thu, 18 Jun 15:19:49 -0700
William Morder via trinity-users scripsit:
Hi Nik!
No problem, as others jumped their suggestions. However I did miss the entry
in "~/.local/share/vlc", so that helps me, too. And I did believe that I had
resolved the issue, until I tried to play another film; when I tried to load
the next item, however, I got the same problems all over again.
I am still fiddling with it, looking for old configurations that used to work,
to see if I can somehow adapt the settings, but it seems that VLC has changed
something, and whatever has changed now interferes with its operation.
In particular, I notice that I am asked for explicit permission for network
access. But I don't stream videos from online sources; I only play local
files, and have no need of Internet while I am watching; so that seems
unnecessary. I don't remember being asked for such permissions before, but
maybe I used my own settings to evade the problem until now?
Anyway, at present I must delete VLC folders, etc., then start over for every
time I want to play a film. At least I made some progress: I can use VLC (a
little), whereas before yesterday, for a year or more past, I could not use
it at all. This is directed mostly to Nik (since I've
heard him mention both Devuan
and VLC); but also to anybody else who might have some inkling what is
causing this issue.
VLC is (or would be) my media player of choice on most of my machines or
devices. I use it on my smartphone, and don't need anything else to play
music, movies, stream videos or radio. (I've tried other media players,
yes, but they are all inadequate by comparison, at least for my own
needs.) So many good things to say about VLC ... until about a year or
two ago.
Ever since Jessie it will start up, but then immediately crashes. I've
gone through looking for conflicts, but nothing obvious jumps out at me.
Any suggestions about where to look, or what might be causing such an
issue?
Bill
Sorry, I think I missed that message. If you have not solved it in the
meantime: delete "~/.config/vlc/" and "~/.local/share/vlc"
Nik
Does anybody else remember the promise, that computers would make our lives
easier, and give us more free time?
Yes. And the paperfree office. And then they published UT99 :)
Nik
Bill
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