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Not able to open VLC over HDMI

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Not able to open VLC over HDMI

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I have VLC 3.0.3 running on Debian 9 with LXDE
when I connect to my machine with Remote Desktop, I can open VLC, but the screen does not go to the HDMI-output.
when I open VLC on a screen that is connected with HDMI, VLC does not show, but is does run in the background.
as far as I can see, everything works over HDMI, except VLC

when I put the command vlc in Terminal, there is a complaint about "no suitable interface module" and also "interface "globalhotkeys,none"

have already looked around on the net, but no solution.
how can I solve this ??
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Re: Not able to open VLC over HDMI

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You searched net, but how? In 2 minutes I found many sites, with same result, DISPLAY environment variable has to be set. I don't have VLC installed.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/963 ... e-terminal

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Re: Not able to open VLC over HDMI

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ok, thank you
I must have used the wrong searching phrase.
my wife always tells me, that I don't know how to search for things.
and you are proving here right :mrgreen:
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Re: Not able to open VLC over HDMI

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so, after further reading suggestions, changing settings, etc.etc., I still can't get it to work.
most discussions are about controlling VLC from the command line, but that's not what I mean.
I can't get VLC to open up on rdp0: just like any other program.

it is mentioned, that the latest version for Stretch, i.e. 3.0.3, has a serious problem and that one should stick to the previous version, i.e. 2.2.7
so I have to pin VLC from Jessie. found how to do that.
when I run

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sudo apt-get --dry-run -t jessie install vlc
there are several dependencies, that are not met.

do I have to install the missing packages manually ??
or is there a better way ??
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Re: Not able to open VLC over HDMI

#5 Post by fred44nl »

one month later, the problem is not solved.
at this moment, I have version 3.0.4-1~obs installed.
but the gui does not open on screen rdp0:
in terminal the 1st error is "no suitable interface module"
after that, there are more errors.

I'm sorry, but I have no idea how to solve this.
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