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Re: VLC fails on Ubuntu 22.04

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Davey <davey@example.invalid> writes:
> Suddenly, VLC is playing up.
>
> On my desktop, which is my main PC, this morning it would not even
> launch. Research told me that this was not an unknown phenomenon.
> I followed a procedure to upgrade the font cache (?), and now at least
> I can launch VLC as before. But the most important thing that I do with
> it is to watch a CCTV feed, which requires that I use Network Stream to
> connect to its DVR. But it now fails to connect, it just says: "Your
> input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL
> 'rtsp://192.168.1.195:554/ch04/0'. Check the log for details." 
> If by 'the log' it means the VLC messages, there are none.

See
https://askubuntu.com/questions/910037/where-is-the-vlc-logfile-for-errors
for what it means and how to configure logging.

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VLC fails on Ubuntu 22.04 Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2025-11-23 17:58 +0000
  Re: VLC fails on Ubuntu 22.04 Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-23 21:26 +0000
    Re: VLC fails on Ubuntu 22.04 Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2025-11-23 23:03 +0000
      Re: VLC fails on Ubuntu 22.04 Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-24 08:44 +0000
        Re: VLC fails on Ubuntu 22.04 Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2025-11-24 08:56 +0000
          Re: VLC fails on Ubuntu 22.04 Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2025-11-24 09:39 +0000
            Re: VLC fails on Ubuntu 22.04 Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-24 22:31 +0000
              Re: VLC fails on Ubuntu 22.04 Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2025-11-25 00:13 +0000
                Re: VLC fails on Ubuntu 22.04 FP <frank+nin@CnocDeas.com> - 2026-02-27 00:05 +0000

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