[Resolved] After updating through both APT and the Software Store, I can't play mp4 videos with VLC anymore. The screen goes blank for a second or two then the audio starts playing without the video..
I'm using Debian 12, Ryzen 7 5700X processor, and Radeon HD 5450 graphics card. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling VLC but it didn't resolve the issue. Here's an excerpt from the VLC's log file:
Replying to my own post here. I tried to reinstall my video driver but the terminal messages I received essentially said that the files were already installed:
Jean-Luc@Enterprise:~$ sudo apt-get install firmware-amd-graphics libgl1-mesa-dri libglx-mesa0 mesa-vulkan-drivers xserver-xorg-video-all
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
firmware-amd-graphics is already the newest version (20230210-5).
libgl1-mesa-dri is already the newest version (22.3.6-1+deb12u1).
libgl1-mesa-dri set to manually installed.
libglx-mesa0 is already the newest version (22.3.6-1+deb12u1).
libglx-mesa0 set to manually installed.
mesa-vulkan-drivers is already the newest version (22.3.6-1+deb12u1).
mesa-vulkan-drivers set to manually installed.
xserver-xorg-video-all is already the newest version (1:7.7+23).
xserver-xorg-video-all set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Though my issue has been resolved I'll try this and update this post afterwards
Edit:
I reinstalled the video drivers and rebooted twice to be sure but VLC wouldn't play mp4 files unless I changed “Hardware-accelerated decoding” to “VA-API video decoder”.