Playing video not working.

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I recently installed Debian with Gnome3
Linux vita 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1+deb8u2 (2016-10-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux


questions?


How can I get totem player to work?

If I install vlc how can I see what packages it pulls on the install and what is uses?
I can view what it pulls on install but what about after the install?


Notes: This is what vlc pulls:

apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
fonts-freefont-ttf libbasicusageenvironment0 libcddb2 libcrystalhd3 libdvbpsi9 libebml4 libgles1-mesa libgles2-mesa libgroupsock1 libiso9660-8
liblivemedia23 libmatroska6 libpostproc52 libproxy-tools libresid-builder0c2a libsdl-image1.2 libshine3 libsidplay2 libupnp6 libusageenvironment1
libvcdinfo0 libvlc5 libvlccore8 libvncclient0 libxcb-composite0 vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-samba
Suggested packages:
firmware-crystalhd videolan-doc libdvdcss2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fonts-freefont-ttf libbasicusageenvironment0 libcddb2 libcrystalhd3 libdvbpsi9 libebml4 libgles1-mesa libgles2-mesa libgroupsock1 libiso9660-8
liblivemedia23 libmatroska6 libpostproc52 libproxy-tools libresid-builder0c2a libsdl-image1.2 libshine3 libsidplay2 libupnp6 libusageenvironment1
libvcdinfo0 libvlc5 libvlccore8 libvncclient0 libxcb-composite0 vlc vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-samba

[stevepusser]

if you run totem from the command line, does it display any errors?

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totem <video-file>

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if you run totem from the command line, does it display any errors?

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totem <video-file>

$ totem toystory.mp4
libva info: VA-API version 0.36.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_36
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0


Then plays nothing.

Thanks for the lines.

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You could do it this way...

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apt install --no-install-recommends vlc

That will cause apt to install only required packages, not recommended ones.

All my machines are permanently configured not to install recommends; if I need additional binaries I'll install them manually, thankyouverymuch

If one wanted to make a permanent fix you'd create a file named /etc/apt/apt.conf and put this in it:

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APT::Get::Install-Recommends "false";
APT::Get::Install-Suggests "false";

One thing about recommends; they're recommended, not required for the application to run. Whether you need them will depend on each use case

Hope this helps -

Thanks for the lines . This help with a lot of installs!