for me, after removing .config/vlc, vlc (using cvlc or nvlc) still plays fine. So does vlc-nox.
As for vlc-nox there is a comment on AUR that says that build might fail if ffmpeg is already installed on the system
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023, 06:20 Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
rvlc can play stuff for command line users though vlc which is its root is
more involved setting up.
The mpv package only needed to know which output interface to use.
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2023, Polarian wrote:
> Hello,
>
> If you want a command line media player, just use mpv.
>
> https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/mpv/
> https://man.archlinux.org/man/mpv.1
>
> I would recommend mpv over vlc any day, it is smaller, lightweight and
> just works.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Take care,
>
