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[Resolved] After updating through both APT and the Software Store, I can't play mp4 videos with VLC anymore. The screen goes blank for a second or two then the audio starts playing without the video..

I’m using Debian 12, Ryzen 7 5700X processor, and Radeon HD 5450 graphics card. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling VLC but it didn’t resolve the issue. Here’s an excerpt from the VLC’s log file:...

KickassWomen,

I don’t know if it updated my video driver. I just used this command: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

KickassWomen,

How do I do that?

KickassWomen,

Tried it. I don’t think there’s anything to upgrade:


<span style="color:#323232;">Jean-Luc@Enterprise:~$ sudo apt dist-upgrade
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[sudo] password for Jean-Luc: 
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Reading package lists... Done
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Building dependency tree... Done
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Reading state information... Done
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Calculating upgrade... Done
</span><span style="color:#323232;">0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
</span>
KickassWomen, (edited )

I disabled hardware acceleration and VLC is able to play mp4 files again; however, is there a way to turn on hardware acceleration without getting these errors?

Update:

Changing “Hardware-accelerated decoding” to “VA-API video decoder” fixed the issue. Now VLC is able to play mp4 files with hardware acceleration without any issues.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d1985fa3-643c-42a1-ad71-9b91e8af128f.png

KickassWomen,

Thank you, this resolved my issue.

I read the wiki and changed “Hardware-accelerated decoding” to “VA-API video decoder”.

My original problem was caused by the fact that this was set to automatic, now that it’s set to “VA-API video decoder” VLC is able to play mp4 files again without any issues.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d006e2fc-9726-46ad-b483-09035e6627c2.png

KickassWomen,

like Debian Stable has packages from this century

You can set up Debian 12 to use Flatpak. I use it and it works well.

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