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Fresh install of Ubuntu on an old Intel NUC. The purpose is to play a video on repeat for an installation. I opted for VLC. The video is an mp4.

VLC plays the video perfectly on repeat, but after a couple repeats it gets stuck on the first frame and when launched from a command line, this error is displayed:

Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

The answer to the identical question posed here does not work, as apparently you can't install VLC through apt-get anymore: VLC Player - Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so

Is there another solution, or is there another video player better suited for this task?

colouredmirrorball
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  • Does this answer your question? [GNOME Mplayer: "Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau\_nvidia.so" error](https://askubuntu.com/questions/13487/gnome-mplayer-failed-to-open-vdpau-backend-libvdpau-nvidia-so-error) – Jos Nov 22 '22 at 16:47
  • It did lead me to what seemed to be the solution: go into VLC settings, and in the Video tab set the output to another device. X11 works fine for me. Thanks Jos! – colouredmirrorball Nov 22 '22 at 17:05
  • @colouredmirrorball - if you’ve fixed it, please consider posting the solution as an answer to your question. Thanks! – Will Nov 23 '22 at 20:47
  • @Will Definitely, but this website has a mandatory two day waiting period before it allows you to accept your own answer. – colouredmirrorball Nov 24 '22 at 12:23

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The solution was to go into VLC settings, go to Video and then select another output device.

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