vlc stopped playing DVDs

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#1

What a mess!

karl@erlangen:~> vlc /home/karl/tele_gym_43.iso                                          
VLC media player 3.0.17 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2) 
[000055a08569f600] main libvlc: VLC wird mit dem Standard-Interface ausgeführt. Benutzen Sie 'cvlc', um VLC ohne Interface zu verwenden.
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv 
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv 
bluray.c:2646: nav_get_title_list((null)) failed 
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv 
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv 
bluray.c:2646: nav_get_title_list((null)) failed 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: DVD Title: TELE_GYM_43
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: DVD Serial Number: 5972CDA1APPLED
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: DVD Title (Alternative): TELE_GYM_43
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00400000. Regions: 01 02 03 04 05 06 08
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[000055a08574fc00] main audio output error: too low audio sample frequency (0)
[00007f3b2c061f70] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[000055a08574fc00] vlcpulse audio output error: digital pass-through stream connection failure: Nicht unterstützt
[000055a08574fc00] main audio output error: module not functional
[00007f3b2c061f70] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[00007f3b180064b0] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.192.1 (API v192)
libva info: VA-API version 1.14.0 
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so 
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_14 
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 
[00007f3ad8033920] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.192.1 (API v192)
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter

...

[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18197a60] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18607660] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b18611c00] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18197a60] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3acc0268f0] main vout display error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3acc0268f0] main vout display error: Failed to adapt decoder format to display
[00007f3b18842d30] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.192.1 (API v192)
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184f46a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184f46a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184f46a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184f46a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184f46a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184f46a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184fbbd0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
[00007f3b1852b0a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b184f46a0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18611020] main vout display error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f3b18611020] main vout display error: Failed to adapt decoder format to display
[00007f3b20016d70] main video output error: video output creation failed
[00007f3b2c0839e0] main decoder error: failed to create video output
[00007f3b18842d30] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.192.1 (API v192)
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
[00007f3b2c001140] dvdnav demux: Menu Languages available: de 
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread 
karl@erlangen:~>
#2

Cannot replicate here on Tumbleweed 20220314 and VLC 3.0.17. DVD ISO plays from both the command line and from dragging and dropping on to VLC window.

Obvious question, but is it the same for all DVD ISOs for you?

#3

What has “ISO” to do with this?

#4

Same problem for all DVDs and their ISOs. The problem is with the menus. vlc /mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB throws the same errors, but vlc readily plays the content.

#5

The invocation “vlc /home/karl/tele_gym_43.iso” worked flawlessly since ever. It now fails as described in post #1.

#6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc_image

#7

I know what is meant by what is called colloquialy by Linux people “an ISO”. ISO (in fact International Organization for Standardization) is short for ISO 9660, which is the definition of a file system type for CDs (and later also for DVDs). It is much used for e.g. installation media.

And when such a file system is copied byte for byte to a file on a Unix/Linux system (something that can be done with file systems of any type), this is called in short “ISO image”. And to help memorizing what type of file it is, it is very much the habit to give such a file a name with the suffix .iso.

Which does not mean that every CD/DVD contains a file system of type OSO9660, e.g. musical CDs don’t. I did not know that a movie DVD (isn’t that what we are talking about) is organized as an ISO 9960 file system and that it thus can be treated as “an ISO”. Something new to be learned every day.

#8

I dug a bit further. The file system type used is most probably UDF, another ISO standard.

Sorry for the off-topic. I know this does not help much in solving the problem.

#9

Indeed, and I have much to learn.

@karlmistelberger I’m assuming from your posts here that you are using the Packman version of VLC (currently 3.0.17-4.1)?

#10

DVDs are annoying for many reasons. When I buy a DVD I insert it into the reader and run e.g. “dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/karl/tele_gym_43.iso”. When playing it I run “vlc /home/karl/tele_gym_43.iso”. No magic whatsoever.

What worked for decades doesn’t work anymore with the latest version of vlc. Even worse vlc doesn’t play the DVDs anymore

However when mounting the DVD vlc readily plays any of the VOBs:

**erlangen:~ #** find /mnt -name '*VOB' 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_2.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_3.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_4.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_5.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_6.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_7.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_0.VOB 
/mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB 
**erlangen:~ #**

“vlc /mnt/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_5.VOB” works as expected.

#11

I tested version 3.0.17-4.1 from both packman and oss: same behavior. I deleted all ‘vlc’ configuration files and retried to no avail.

#12

Is it working with any other program like xine, kaffeine?

#13

I tried kaffeine. DVD menus are working, but annoying. BTW: kaffeine runs libvlc.

With vlc a workaround for the broken DVD menu is Menubar > Playback > Title > Chapter.

#14

When it just stopped working from one version to the other, that is IMHO a regression worth a bug report.

#15

Verified by booting into pre update snapshot: 3.0.16-5.2 works while 3.0.17-4.1 is broken.

#16

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/26721

#17

I have vlc 3.0.17-4.1 from pakman with tumbleweed

#  zypper se -si vlc
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name                | Type    | Version    | Arch   | Repository
---+---------------------+---------+------------+--------+-----------
i+ | libvlc5             | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman
i+ | libvlccore9         | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman
i+ | vlc                 | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman
i+ | vlc-codec-gstreamer | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman
i+ | vlc-codecs          | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman
i+ | vlc-lang            | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | noarch | Packman
i+ | vlc-noX             | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman
i+ | vlc-qt              | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman
i+ | vlc-vdpau           | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman

I tested vlc with different DVD (not blue-ray) and all seems working correctly: menu, language selection, sub-titles and play.

Regards
Philippe

#18

Same list here:

**erlangen:~ #** zypper se -si vlc 
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 

S  | Name                | Type    | Version    | Arch   | Repository 
---+---------------------+---------+------------+--------+----------- 
i  | libvlc5             | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman 
i  | libvlccore9         | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman 
i+ | vlc                 | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman 
i+ | vlc-codec-gstreamer | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman 
i+ | vlc-codecs          | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman 
i  | vlc-lang            | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | noarch | Packman 
i  | vlc-noX             | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman 
i  | vlc-qt              | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman 
i+ | vlc-vdpau           | package | 3.0.17-4.1 | x86_64 | Packman 
**erlangen:~ #**

But menu broken, language selection, sub-titles and play works. Message list now is:

karl@erlangen:~> LANG=C vlc /home/karl/tele_gym_43.iso 
VLC media player 3.0.17 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2) 
**0000560e64394550**] main libvlc: **Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.**
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv 
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv 
bluray.c:2646: nav_get_title_list((null)) failed 
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv 
disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv 
bluray.c:2646: nav_get_title_list((null)) failed 
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **DVD Title: TELE_GYM_43**
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **DVD Serial Number: 5972CDA1APPLED**
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **DVD Title (Alternative): TELE_GYM_43**
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00400000. Regions: 01 02 03 04 05 06 08**
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys**
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **This can take a _long_ time, please be patient**
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**0000560e64444f40**] main audio output error: **too low audio sample frequency (0)**
**00007f695005f090**] main decoder error: **failed to create audio output**
**0000560e64444f40**] vlcpulse audio output error: **digital pass-through stream connection failure: Not supported**
**0000560e64444f40**] main audio output error: **module not functional**
**00007f695005f090**] main decoder error: **failed to create audio output**
**00007f69480064b0**] gl gl: **Initialized libplacebo v4.192.1 (API v192)**
libva info: VA-API version 1.14.0 
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so 
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_14 
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 
**00007f6950083310**] avcodec decoder: **Using Mesa Gallium driver 21.3.7 for AMD Radeon RX 550 / 550 Series (POLARIS12, DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.14-1-default, LLVM 13.0.1) for hardware decoding**
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
**00007f6950001180**] dvdnav demux: **Menu Languages available: de **
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread 
karl@erlangen:~>
#19

Just to confirm, when you state you deleted all vlc configuration files - exactly what ‘files’ were you referring to? did you mean /home/karlmistelberger/.config/vlc directory? My apologies for the dumb question - but I’ve seen mistakes made in this area in the past (wrt not deleting correct config files) , and it would be a shame if that were the case here and no one checked.

#20

I searched:

karl@erlangen:~> find -name '*vlc*' 
./.config/vlc 
./.config/vlc/vlc-qt-interface.conf 
./.config/vlc/vlcrc 
./.local/share/vlc 
karl@erlangen:~>

I also tried a pristine user to no avail.