VLC is not working on Ubuntu 22.04

Question

I just upgraded my system from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04, however, the VLC media player is not working at all, I tried to uninstall it and re-install it (vlc 3.0.18) again using sudo snap install vlc but it's still not launching

I tried the solutions from this thread, but nothing worked. One solution suggested to install from ppa:videolan/master-daily and then sudo apt-get install vlc and it did work, however, the app was unstable. I checked their bug tracking system, no one reported such an issue over there.

Linux Genie · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-13T16:16:57.780

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Have you tried installing VLC from the default repository by just using the following command:
```
sudo apt install vlc
```

You can also try installing VLC using flatpak:

sudo apt install flatpak
sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub org.videolan.VLC

You can refer to following guide.

https://linuxgenie.net/how-to-install-vlc-in-ubuntu-22-04/

edited Dec 13 '22 at 16:16

answered Dec 13 '22 at 16:02

Linux Genie

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the flatpak actually worked. thanks. – Ahmad Bader Dec 15 '22 at 14:05
when I installed it from sudo apt install vlc, the app wasn't stable, it had weird behaviors – Ahmad Bader Dec 15 '22 at 14:05
@AhmadBader if flatpak worked, please mark the answer as resolved. – Linux Genie Dec 15 '22 at 18:03
about 500mb for flatpak version but at last chromecast is working – madzohan Jan 27 '23 at 16:50

Moriquendi · Answer 2 · 2022-12-13T18:19:43.830

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Open "Applications", uninstall the snap-VLC, reinstall VLC from "ubuntu-jammy-universe (deb)"
There is a drop-down in the upper right corner which says "snap-store (Snap)" by default

Edit: Check if you have corrupted packages (after upgrade). Me, I had a "broken" libdvd... So you may try to fix this first:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg

edited Dec 13 '22 at 18:19

answered Dec 12 '22 at 20:26

Moriquendi

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Michael Moriarty · Answer 3 · 2023-03-18T00:30:21.180

Good reference for How to Fix Video Stuck or Freeze in VLC I had similar problems with VLC on my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and the methods outlined in this 'How to' article worked for me.

Method 1: Update VLC Media Player to the latest version
Method 2: Increase cache values in VLC Player
Method 3: Disable Hardware Decoding in VLC Player
Method 4: Change FFmpeg settings in VLC Player
Method 5: Switch video output to DirectX DirectDraw in VLC

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 15 '23 at 11:38

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Faced the same issue.

VLC 3.0.18 installed from Snap is missing this package:

sudo apt install libaribb24-0

answered Jun 15 '23 at 11:38

Vladimir Tarasov

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 06 '23 at 19:45

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Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

sudo rm /var/cache/fontconfig/*
rm ~/.cache/fontconfig/*
fc-cache -r

See the original post

answered Aug 06 '23 at 19:45

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VLC is not working on Ubuntu 22.04

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