rvlc can play stuff for command line users though vlc which is its root is more involved setting up. The mpv package only needed to know which output interface to use. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 27 Nov 2023, Polarian wrote:

Hello,

If you want a command line media player, just use mpv.

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/mpv/ https://man.archlinux.org/man/mpv.1

I would recommend mpv over vlc any day, it is smaller, lightweight and just works.

Hope this helps.

Take care,

I can remove ffmpeg and vlc from the system then try another install of vlc-nox, I'm curious to see if that works. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 27 Nov 2023, x choice wrote:

for me, after removing .config/vlc, vlc (using cvlc or nvlc) still plays fine. So does vlc-nox.

As for vlc-nox there is a comment on AUR that says that build might fail if ffmpeg is already installed on the system

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023, 06:20 Jude DaShiell wrote:

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rvlc can play stuff for command line users though vlc which is its root is more involved setting up. The mpv package only needed to know which output interface to use.

-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Mon, 27 Nov 2023, Polarian wrote:

...

Hello,

If you want a command line media player, just use mpv.

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/mpv/ https://man.archlinux.org/man/mpv.1

I would recommend mpv over vlc any day, it is smaller, lightweight and just works.

Hope this helps.

Take care,