On 20 sept. 2014 17:29, Brad Rogers <brad@???> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 16:40:29 +0200
> Christian Marillat <marillat@???> wrote:
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>>Otherwise, maybe a package in unstable isn't yet in testing.
>>Could you switch to unstable to do an apt-get update and an apt-get
>>dist-upgrade and see if this problem is still here ?
>
> I changed to unstable and updated the vlc packages(1)(which pulled in
> various libraries, etc.) This has cured the phonon back end issue, but
> the lack of video in vlc remains as before; I have to play something
> other than "DVD Menu" to get video going. I'm guessing that part of the
> problem may be more than just needing a library from unstable.
Did you try to play more than one DVD ?
I see this problem with one DVD. I need to press fast forward to skip the
DVD menu, otherwise the DVD doesn't start. Probably a bug.
