Install VLC player from basic mode...

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    ABSDoug

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    VLC going. Took a bit of screwing around to get the icons righ. Now here's the deal -- I had no luck with these instructions until I went to the VLC web site & downloaded there. Viola, there was actually something to install! :D
     
    ABSDoug, Dec 6, 2008
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    Installing VLC and the updated mplayer was a breeze.
    Point is: with both I have sluggish performances.
    While CPU usage is reasonably low (using XVideo output or X11 when compizFusion is enabled) the playback is not smooth. It looks like a few frames get skipped every 3-4 seconds.
    This really puzzles me. Anyone else is experiencing this problem?

    Davide.
     
    morci, Dec 7, 2008
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    Hi,

    I've followed the instructions and everything has installed properly and gone well... EXCEPT- as the instructions mention, I get an error message when opening VLC from the desktop:

    "Unable to open '%U'"

    And when I try to resolve it following the instructions, I get a blank notepad screen with nothing to alter! Any ideas??

    This is what I've done:

    $ sudo mousepad /user/share/applications/livna-vlc.desktop

    And... the blank file pops up with nothing there for me to alter.

    Thanks for any help!
     
    ushi09, Jan 24, 2009
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    I have exactly the same problem with "unable to open"%U"" :?: - any further help would be appreciated.
     
    wejd, Jan 31, 2009
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    wejd

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    Worked on the 5th attempt- if at first..........
    Thanks
     
    wejd, Jan 31, 2009
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    I've installed vlc, but the sound quality is distorted, anyone got any ideas, also it what play any webcam videos.

    Great thread, by the way.
     
    fuds, Feb 7, 2009
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    The code should read
    Code:
    sudo mousepad /usr/share/applications/livna-vlc.desktop
    not user as shown in the post above.
    Open the file and find exec= and delete the %u from it. Its not needed.
     
    Darryl, Feb 9, 2009
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    IF YOU INSTALL LINUX MINT, IT COMES WITH VLC EMBEDDED
     
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