Please open VLC settings and make these changes: Video=> Output module => Xvideo output (XCB) and Input/Codecs => Hardware-accelerated decoding => disable.
Try to play the video again. If it works, this bug is fixed in vlc 2.2.2-5, which will be synced from Debian at some point. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559439 Title: VLC won't play h264 videos on Intel i965 GPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1559439/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs