On Friday 19 June 2020 10:21:32 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 2020 Thu, 18 Jun 15:19:49 -0700 > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > 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 > 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. Does anybody else remember the promise, that computers would make our lives easier, and give us more free time? Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
