I've already reinstalled vlc and it made no difference, I did sudo apt-get remove vlc, sudo apt-get autoremove, sudo apt-get purge, sudo apt-get install vlc and just let it pull things in that it required.
I think that i've tried virtually every sound menu item available on vlc but all to no avail, sorry. Thanks Sharon. On 21 December 2011 05:35, Porcia Silvia <esculen...@gmx.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:30:02 +0100 > Sharon Kimble wrote: > >>am now using alsa. The problem occurred when we >> were trying to debug a problem with playing mp4 films on VLC, my >> preferred programme for playing and watching films. > > It may be something as simple as selecting the correct 'device' in VLC in the > menu items of audio in VLC..the reason I say this is I had a similar problem > not long ago and this was the solution. VLC tends to select the system > default. As you've just changed over from pulseaudio to ALSA try reinstalling > VLC again perhaps or check the menu for the output device and select the > correct one. > > I don't suppose you meant to say you were trying to watch mp4 films..did you > mean mp4 files? If this was the case, I'm not sure VLC will play mp4..isn't > that a proprietary encoding from Nero? > > Just curious. > > -- > ⇾ ps > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/9ld9gnfue...@mid.individual.net > -- A taste of linux http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ Debian 6.0.2, KDE 4.4.5, LibreOffice 3.4.3 Registered Linux user 334501 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cam9u--cnqss_prsctxjq_cluybutkhrzhtdt+bq_k5ghkj7...@mail.gmail.com
