Hey there
I'm having issues with VLC, everywhere, on my netbook and on my virtualbox installs.
I've not been able to successful start it once.
I did run
vlc -vvv on terminal.
Here's the output.
ps: still a fresh install.
[yet@manjaro ~]$ vlc -vvv
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: VLC media player - 2.2.2 Weatherwax
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: Copyright © 1996-2016 the VideoLAN team
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: configured with ./configure '--prefix=/usr' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-faad' '--enable-nls' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-aa' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-upnp' '--enable-opus' '--enable-sftp' 'LUAC=/usr/bin/luac' 'LUA_LIBS=-llua -lm' 'RCC=/usr/bin/rcc-qt4' 'CFLAGS=-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -I/usr/include/samba-4.0' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro' 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -I/usr/include/samba-4.0' 'CXXFLAGS=-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/ffmpeg2.8/pkgconfig'
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: searching plug-in modules
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins'
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/gui/libqt4_plugin.so' (libQtGui.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/visualization/libgoom_plugin.so' (libgoom2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/visualization/libprojectm_plugin.so' (libprojectM.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_jack_plugin.so' (libjack.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libdc1394_plugin.so' (libdc1394.so.22: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libcdda_plugin.so' (libcddb.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libvcdx_plugin.so' (libvcdinfo.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libgnomevfs_plugin.so' (libgnomevfs-2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_output/libaa_plugin.so' (libaa.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_output/libcaca_plugin.so' (libcaca.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/control/liblirc_plugin.so' (liblirc_client.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux/libgme_plugin.so' (libgme.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/notify/libnotify_plugin.so' (libnotify.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libtwolame_plugin.so' (libtwolame.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_output/libjack_plugin.so' (libjack.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: saving plugins cache /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: plug-ins loaded: 443 modules
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: opening config file (/home/yet/.config/vlc/vlcrc)
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[09f80918] core libvlc debug: CPU has capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 FPU
[0a021948] core input debug: Creating an input for 'Media Library'
[0a021948] core input debug: Input is a meta file: disabling unneeded options
[0a021948] core input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path '/tmp'
[0a021948] core input debug: `file/xspf-open:///home/yet/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' gives access `file' demux `xspf-open' path `/home/yet/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
[0a021948] core input debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='xspf-open' location='/home/yet/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' file='/home/yet/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
[0a00ad08] core demux debug: looking for access_demux module matching "file": 17 candidates
[0a00ad08] core demux debug: no access_demux modules matched
[0a021948] core input debug: creating access 'file' location='/home/yet/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf', path='/home/yet/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
[0a00ad08] core access debug: looking for access module matching "file": 23 candidates
[0a00ad08] filesystem access debug: opening file `/home/yet/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
[0a00ad08] core access debug: using access module "filesystem"
[0a012d08] core stream debug: Using stream method for AStream*
[0a012d08] core stream debug: starting pre-buffering
[0a012d08] core stream debug: received first data after 0 ms
[0a012d08] core stream debug: pre-buffering done 296 bytes in 0s - 26278 KiB/s
[0a012718] core stream debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 9 candidates
[0a012718] core stream debug: no stream_filter modules matched
[0a012718] core stream debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 9 candidates
[0a012718] core stream debug: using stream_filter module "record"
[0a021948] core input debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='xspf-open' location='/home/yet/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' file='/home/yet/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
[0a015268] core demux debug: looking for demux module matching "xspf-open": 64 candidates
[0a015268] xspf demux debug: using XSPF playlist reader
[0a015268] core demux debug: using demux module "playlist"
[0a015850] core demux meta debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates
[0a015850] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/yet/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/reader
[0a015850] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/vlc/lua/meta/reader
[0a015850] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/vlc/lua/meta/reader/filename.luac
[0a015850] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/reader
[0a015850] core demux meta debug: no meta reader modules matched
[0a021948] core input debug: `file/xspf-open:///home/yet/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' successfully opened
[0a02f758] core xml reader debug: looking for xml reader module matching "any": 1 candidates
[0a02f758] core xml reader debug: using xml reader module "xml"
[0a015268] xspf demux debug: parsed 0 tracks successfully
[0a021948] core input debug: EOF reached
[0a015268] core demux debug: removing module "playlist"
[0a012718] core stream debug: removing module "record"
[0a00ad08] core access debug: removing module "filesystem"
[0a017268] core playlist debug: creating audio output
[0a021b28] core audio output debug: looking for audio output module matching "any": 5 candidates
[0a021b28] pulse audio output debug: using library version 8.0.0
[0a021b28] pulse audio output debug: (compiled with version 8.0.0, protocol 30)
[0a021b28] pulse audio output debug: connected locally to unix:/run/user/1000/pulse/native as client #8
[0a021b28] pulse audio output debug: using protocol 30, server protocol 30
[0a021b28] pulse audio output debug: adding sink 0: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo (Built-in Audio Analog Stereo)
[0a021b28] core audio output debug: using audio output module "pulse"
[0a017268] core playlist debug: keeping audio output
[0a047d58] core interface debug: looking for interface module matching "hotkeys,none": 16 candidates
[0a047d58] core interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
[0a048460] core interface debug: looking for interface module matching "globalhotkeys,none": 16 candidates
[0a048460] core interface debug: using interface module "xcb_hotkeys"
[0a048e60] core interface debug: looking for interface module matching "dbus,none": 16 candidates
[0a048e60] dbus interface debug: listening on dbus as: org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.vlc
[0a048e60] core interface debug: using interface module "dbus"
[09f80918] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0a04bd48] core interface debug: looking for interface module matching "any": 16 candidates
[0a048e60] dbus interface debug: Getting All properties
[0a048e60] dbus interface debug: Getting All properties
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: EWMH: supported 1
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE support: yes
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL support: yes
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_STATE support: yes
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN support: yes
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_STATE_STAYS_ON_TOP support: yes
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE support: yes
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY support: no
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_PID support: yes
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: number of monitors detected : 1
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: monitor #0 : 1920x1015 at +0+0
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: cannot open directory /home/yet/.local/share/vlc/skins2
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: cannot open directory share/skins2
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: found skin /usr/share/vlc/skins2/default.vlt
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface debug: requested skins /usr/share/vlc/skins2/default.vlt is accessible
[ad220188] core generic debug: looking for dialogs provider module matching "any": 0 candidates
[ad220188] core generic debug: no dialogs provider modules
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface error: no suitable dialogs provider found (hint: compile the qt4 plugin, and make sure it is loaded properly)
[0a04bd48] skins2 interface error: cannot instantiate qt4 dialogs provider
[0a04bd48] [cli] lua interface debug: Found lua interface script: /usr/lib/vlc/lua/intf/cli.luac
[0a04bd48] [cli] core interface debug: using interface module "lua"
[0a04bd48] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
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