[Bug 1721343] Re: VLC does not display video from DVD or streaming video

2017-10-22 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
So, looks like a driver bug. Let's reassign to mesa, which provides the vdpau implementation for nouveau. ** Package changed: vlc (Ubuntu) => mesa (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 1721343] Re: VLC does not display video from DVD or streaming video

2017-10-21 Thread Glenn Brumfield
OK, I've figured out what's going on. My PC's have been using the Nouveau display driver (apparently one of my recent updates reset my active video driver(s) from the Nvidia proprietary driver to the default Nouveau open-source driver(s)). Once I downloaded, installed and activated the Nvidia propr

[Bug 1721343] Re: VLC does not display video from DVD or streaming video

2017-10-19 Thread Glenn Brumfield
Just updated my 64-bit Ubuntu PC and my 32-bit Lubuntu PC with the latest updates. VLC works perfectly on 32-bit but still no video (audio still works) on 64-bit. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 1721343] Re: VLC does not display video from DVD or streaming video

2017-10-06 Thread Glenn Brumfield
I checked VLC on an antique 64-bit server running Ubuntu 16.04 desktop. It's been a week since this machine was updated; 42 updates are available, none of which is a kernel update. VLC (version 2.2.2, same as all my other PC's) works properly and displays video as it should. The 2 machines that I'v

[Bug 1721343] Re: VLC does not display video from DVD or streaming video

2017-10-06 Thread Glenn Brumfield
OK, VLC works properly on my old 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04 laptop (both for the HD Homerun tuner and for DVD's); it hasn't been updated in about a week and has about 20 updates available. There is a kernel update as well as a bunch of *.lib files to update - if anyone needs a list of my uninstalled updat

[Bug 1721343] Re: VLC does not display video from DVD or streaming video

2017-10-06 Thread Glenn Brumfield
I checked VLC on my Ubuntu 16.04 notebook with all recent updates -it too will not display video from my HD Homerun tuner or video from a DVD. The DVD displays video using the 'Videos' application, just not using VLC. The only computer I have tried that VLC still displays videos on is one I have no