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Thanks for the suggestion, i have done that still same error.

    kyrios I did as per the link, however still having the same issue. So i removed VLC and installed it from which works without any issues. However the version in snap is 3.0.7 and version in solus repos is 3.0.8. I am not sure what might be the issue. Thanks for your help.

      Maggie Try re-install vlc and it's dependencies:

      sudo eopkg it --reinstall vlc libmad libdc1394 harfbuzz libvpx libstdc++ libdvbpsi libgpg-error libxcb x264 x265 gstreamer-1.0-plugins-base libglvnd qt5-svg libssh2 samba qt5-base gstreamer-1.0 fontconfig libgnutls qt5-x11extras libva liba52dec opus libxpm libxinerama libkate ncurses libupnp libshout libbluray taglib libnotify pango libgtk-3 libtheora libmtp freetype2 libcairo faad dbus zlib libmpeg2 libmodplug wayland ffmpeg libvorbis avahi libdvdread libxml2 libspeex fluidsynth libsamplerate libgcc sdl1-image libebml libflac alsa-lib glibc libdvdnav librsvg lua libsecret twolame libatk libpng libxext protobuf libcddb systemd libogg gdk-pixbuf libgcrypt libmatroska sdl1 xcb-util-keysyms dav1d fribidi libjpeg-turbo libx11 pulseaudio libarchive libass microdns glib2 chromaprint

          Justin I tried the above . still the issue persists. Now both versions snap 3.0.7 and 3.0.8 installed. Snap version only works.

            I had similar issue before and I opened a task o here.

            Shortly the fix was by changing some video settings:

            Tools > Preferences > Video > Output.

            Working fine with these options:

            • XVideo output (XCB)
            • X11 video output (XCB)

            With other options sometimes crashes, sometimes flashing and sometimes only blackscreen.

              algent Thanks for pointing out. I tried it before checking broken files it is not worked that time. Now Working fine with these options:

              XVideo output (XCB)
X11 video output (XCB)

              When i change to Auto or other options it crashes or closes. Snap version didn't have these problems.

                I can confirm that on my fresh install of Solus 4 (Macbook 7,1) VLC was crashing when opening a DVD (haven't tried other video files) until I changed the video output to "XVideo output (XCB)"

                9 days later

                I had the same problem recently, where VLC freezes when trying to start playback. Changing to "XVideo output (XCB)" fixed the problem!

                Thanks

                I did not have to do this just a few days ago, so I'm wondering if it is related to a recent system update? But I was not able to find out what could have changed, I'm not very experienced in troubleshooting..

                  conrad82 To show last 5 items of your history, type:
                  eopkg history --last 5
                  or simply eopkg historyto show all

                  Each change you made has a number.

                  Example rollback
                  Imagine your look your history list and your last installation, or update, was number 250, then to go back to the previous you would type:
                  sudo eopkg history --takeback 249

                  For more help type:
                  eopkg help history

                  Credit goes to @johano , he posted this in another thread.

                      v3l0ct Thanks! This was really helpful. I had problems with Steam "Remote Play" (Streaming) which would freeze after 1 frame or something like that.
                      Rolling back fixed the problem. But after gradually installing all the packages again, it is also still working. So I got it working but I don't know why it broke in the first place ¯\(ツ)/¯

                        a year later

                        Me too I pulled my hair out with vlc and its beautiful black screen after opening a file, impossible to do anything except a hard shutdown afterwards. The solution mentioned above, putting the video output to:
                        XVideo output (XCB)
                        also solved my worries, I can finally play audio and video files, and even watch TV. Thanks to all of you.