I can remove ffmpeg and vlc from the system then try another install of vlc-nox, I'm curious to see if that works. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 27 Nov 2023, x choice wrote: > 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. > > > > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > > 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, > > > > > >
