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rachit

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Registered: 2016-11-06

Posts: 4

vlc not opening

vlc is not opening even with qt4 istalled.
VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.3-37-g888b7e89)
[0000000001551148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00000000016887d8] skins2 interface error: no suitable dialogs provider found (hint: compile the qt4 plugin, and make sure it is loaded properly)
[00000000016887d8] skins2 interface error: cannot instantiate qt4 dialogs provider
[00000000016887d8] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.

as for qt4
..................
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qtscript_eu.qm exists in filesystem
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_eu.qm exists in filesystem
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_hu.qm exists in filesystem
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_ja.qm exists in filesystem
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_ko.qm exists in filesystem
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_pl.qm exists in filesystem
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_ru.qm exists in filesystem
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_sl.qm exists in filesystem
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_uk.qm exists in filesystem
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_zh_CN.qm exists in filesystem
qt4: /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_zh_TW.qm exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Last edited by rachit (2017-01-14 09:00:07)

frank604

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From: BC, Canada

Registered: 2011-04-20

Posts: 1,212

Re: vlc not opening

Hi, welcome to Arch.  First of all, please wrap code output with code tags.  It makes it easier to read.  Also, it is always best to show the full output of your commands.  I take it you were trying to reinstall qt4?  Please read this and try to reinstall qt4.  Then recheck that vlc is starting or not.

rachit

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Registered: 2016-11-06

Posts: 4

Re: vlc not opening

well i tried removing qt4 but it says target not found.

[rachit@dabba ~]$ sudo pacman -R qt4
error: target not found: qt4
[rachit@dabba ~]$ sudo pacman -Rs qt4
error: target not found: qt4.

thanks.I am new to it so i had no idea about tags.

[rachit@dabba ~]$ vlc
VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.3-37-g888b7e89)
[00000000024d6148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[000000000260d7c8] skins2 interface error: no suitable dialogs provider found (hint: compile the qt4 plugin, and make sure it is loaded properly)
[000000000260d7c8] skins2 interface error: cannot instantiate qt4 dialogs provider
[000000000260d7c8] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
> 

I guess there was some error in qt4 installation.I used force with pacman while reinstalling qt4.

[rachit@dabba ~]$ sudo pacman --force -S qt4

Last edited by rachit (2017-01-14 09:02:15)

rachit

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Registered: 2016-11-06

Posts: 4

Re: vlc not opening

new problem.
the vlc opens .But when i try to play a video system freezes.I have to force shut down.
the default video application doesn't work as well.
the format of file is mp4.

Last edited by rachit (2017-01-14 09:04:08)

asdplayer

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Registered: 2015-02-18

Posts: 6

Re: vlc not opening

May not be the case, but...
If the problem is in dependencies, pacman automatically resolves them for you. You can:

sudo pacman -Syu # to update local database of packages ("y") and upgrade old packages ("u").
sudo pacman -Rns vlc # to uninstall without backups.
sudo pacman -S vlc # to install again, with all the dependencies automatically pulled in.

This could help, if that's the case.

Last edited by asdplayer (2017-01-14 09:09:38)