Ubuntu – VLC media player is not displaying video, but audio works

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I had installed VLC media player from the Ubuntu Software Center recently. It worked for some time, but then instead of the video, only a blank screen was displayed with the audio. Even the same videos that could be played before did not work.

I tried uninstalling and re-installing, and I upgraded it to the latest.

I've tried: menu Tool → Preferences → Video → enabling Accelerated video output (Overlay).

Execution via the terminal also gives the same.

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr).

Best Answer

    • Go to Tools→Preferences→Video
    • Remove the tick for Accelerated video output (Overlay)
    • Try and play the movie again, you should now see output.

Or

2.

  • Go to Tools→Preferences->Video
  • Change Output to X11 Video output

If the above doesn't work, that particular video might have a proprietary video format that is not supported.

Reference here.

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