VLC says no codec after update

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Updated this morning, and a lot of VLC files were updated. Now, when I try to play a video, I get the error “Codec not supported.” Dragon Player doesn’t work either. Any ideas?

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First thing reboot, second check the vlc forums or github etc.

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Rebooting didn’t fix it. I’ll check the VLC forums.

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Sound works fine :wink:

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Yes, sound works fine, but no video.

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I just ran across someone else that had a codec issue with VLC and they were advised to install the plugins. I think it’s worth a try. Good luck.

sudo pacman -Syu vlc-plugin-ffmpeg vlc-plugin-x264 vlc-plugin-x265

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Can confirm this. Had the no codecs issue too when trying to play .webm files. After installing those plugins all working as it should.

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It worked! Thank you so!

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You may mass-install all the optional dependencies for vlc-gui-qt with expac if you don’t care about space usage.

sudo pacman -S expac

sudo pacman -S --needed --asdeps $(expac -1S "%n\n%o" vlc-gui-qt)
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sudo pacman -S --needed --asdeps $(expac -1S "%n\n%o" vlc-gui-qt)
warning: vlc-gui-qt-3.0.21-26 is up to date -- skipping
error: target not found: vlc-plugin-ffmpeg  vlc-plugin-kwallet  vlc-plugin-libsecret  vlc-plugin-notify  vlc-plugins-extra  vlc-plugins-visualization
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I used this hours ago successfully, and just tested again now. Run garuda-update first to ensure your package database is current. Those targets most certainly do exist, however they will not yet show if you didn’t upgrade since the VLC split 1 week ago.

EDIT: It was Fish syntax not allowing proper expansion. I so very much dislike Fish.

sudo pacman -S --needed --asdeps (expac -1S '%n' vlc-gui-qt)

This should be compatible with your shell, else just run bash first.

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All the vlc plugins can be installed with
sudo pacman -S vlc-plugins-all

FYI,
vlc-plugins-all is a meta package that pulls in these:

vlc-plugin-ffmpeg
vlc-plugin-firewire
vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
vlc-plugin-gstreamer
vlc-plugin-jack
vlc-plugin-kwallet
vlc-plugin-libsecret
vlc-plugin-lua
vlc-plugin-notify
vlc-plugin-pulse
vlc-plugin-smb
vlc-plugin-svg
vlc-plugin-x264
vlc-plugin-x265
vlc-plugins-base
vlc-plugins-extra
vlc-plugins-video-output
vlc-plugins-visualization

In case you are interested, here is a quote from the changelog to the vlc package from Arch

“By default, installing vlc now pulls in vlc-plugins-base,
vlc-gui-qt and vlc-plugins-video-output.
This offers a limited set of functionality, but allows for easily
installing further plugins, either individual or in larger groups
by using the vlc-plugins-extra, vlc-plugins-visualization and
vlc-plugins-all packages.”

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