I had vlc 2.1.5 on Ubuntu 14.04 installed by "apt-get install vlc" in /usr/bin/vlc, it worked fine
Then I compiled and installed another version of vlc (don't remember exact version number) from source files into "/usr/local/bin/".
Then I wanted to come back to original vlc 2.1.5 and delete compiled vlc. For this I found all files/folders of second vlc instance by
sudo find /usr/local -iname vlcand manually removed them by "sudo rm -rf ..." (i didn't run "make uninstall" because I accidentally deleted source files after installation)
After this I deleted first instance of vlc:
sudo apt-get purge vlc
sudo apt-get autoremove vlcand deleted config files
sudo rm -rf ~/.config/vlcAt this point I thought I removed both vlc instances completely (maybe I was mistaken). Then I installed vlc from scratch again:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlcAnd now when I run "vlc -vv" I'm getting:
VLC media player 2.1.5 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-49-gdab6cb5)
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - 2.1.5 Rincewind
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: Copyright © 1996-2014 the VideoLAN team
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: revision 2.1.4-49-gdab6cb5
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: configured with ./configure
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: searching plug-in modules
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc warning: cannot read /usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat (No such file or directory)
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins'
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: saving plugins cache /usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: plug-ins loaded: 1 modules
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: opening config file (/home/booch/.config/vlc/vlcrc)
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "ru"
[0x8ad9928] main libvlc error: No plugins found! Check your VLC installation.I don't know why but new vlc installation looks for plugins in the "/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins" folder instead of "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins"
If I run
export VLC_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/vlc/pluginsThen I'm getting this errors:
booch@NAS:/usr/local$ vlc -vvv VLC media player 2.1.5 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-49-gdab6cb5) [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - 2.1.5 Rincewind [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: Copyright © 1996-2014 the VideoLAN team [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: revision 2.1.4-49-gdab6cb5 [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: configured with ./configure [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: searching plug-in modules [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot read /usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat (No such file or directory) [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins' [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: saving plugins cache /usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: This doesn't look like a valid plugins cache [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins' [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/text_renderer/libfreetype_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/text_renderer/libtdummy_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_output/libalsa_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_output/libadummy_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_output/libpulse_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_output/libamem_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_output/libafile_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/mux/libmux_ps_plugin.so ... [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libi422_i420_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libswscale_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libi422_yuy2_sse2_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libi422_yuy2_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libyuy2_i420_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc warning: cannot find plug-in entry point in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libi420_rgb_sse2_plugin.so [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: saving plugins cache /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: plug-ins loaded: 1 modules [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: opening config file (/home/booch/.config/vlc/vlcrc) [0x9fbf928] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "ru" [0x9fbf928] main libvlc error: No plugins found! Check your VLC installation.Could somebody please help me to solve this problem?
41 Answer
I downloaded source files again and run "make uninstall" and it solved my problem. Now after reinstalling vlc it runs without errors
