VLC stopped working

egor_tensin · 2025-07-21 03:50:30

After an upgrade, VLC no longer plays back pretty much anything I have on my machine. After installing vlc-plugin-ffmpeg, it's again capable of playing a MKV video of a movie, but can't switch between sound tracks or subtitle tracks, and I have no idea why.

When I try, the error is:

Unidentified codec:
Unidentified codec:
Unidentified codec:
VLC could not identify the audio or video codec

I have idea what audio/video codecs to install; frankly, I would prefer to not figure it out for different video/subtitle formats.

I don't want to install vlc-plugins-all, since that pulls a number of KDE stuff to my machine for some reason.

It used to work perfectly before (when you just install the vlc package), hopefully there's a way to get back to that state? Thank you.

seth · 2025-07-21 07:27:59

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … -matroska/ ?

egor_tensin · 2025-07-22 09:05:53

Thanks. However, why you would transition from a video player that would play everything to a video player that would play almost nothing by default (especially without advance notice) is beyond me.

seth · 2025-07-22 11:08:07

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … 2a1cbf7359

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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#1 2025-07-21 03:50:30

VLC stopped working

#2 2025-07-21 07:27:59

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