VLC audio problems in Zorin OS 18.1

General Help
1

Hello,

I was listening to an mp3 file with VLC media player ln my Laptop when suddenly the audio didn't come out, it was silent. I tried to listen to another song, also an mp3 and it happened again.

I closed and opened again VLC, tried another song, same problem.

I restarted my Laptop and tried to play the mp3 again, same problem no sound.

I went to YouTue and played a video, it had sound no problem.

I don't know what is happening, unistalled VLC and installed it back tried the mp3 file again there was no sound.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

2

Hi, VLC has been a cause for concern in various Zorin iterations. Personally I recommend you change to SMPlayer.

3

Hi!

Does SMPlayer can convert video to mp3 as well as VLC can?

I also tried QWinff but it also installed MPV without me knowing.

4

Can't remember, but best app for that is WinFF for Video and audio conversion.

5

Installed SMPlayerand there was no sound while playing a video, similar to VLC.

Only thing that is working fine are Rhythmbox for audio and Showtime for video.

All the mess was caused because I needed an app to convert VIDEO to MP3.

Thank you for you kindness, your time and your advice.

6

Is this only this specific mp3 File that doesn't work or does VLC don't play any File anymore? Is VLC installed as Flatpak or .deb/APT Version? Do You have installed all the Codec Packages?

7

No, it's any mp3 I tried.

Installed as the package for Zorin repository in the Software Store.

All the codec package, that I don't know.

8

Then let's see ... Open Gnome software and scroll to the bottom. There You find a Button called ''Codecs''. click on it and You get an Overview with Codec Packages. Install them all.

then open the Terminal and type

sudo apt install ffmpeg ubuntu-restricted-extras

That will add additional Codec Support. The last Package is a bundle and includes Microsoft Fonts, too. Because of that, You will get a Prompt for a Licence Agreement. Navigate there with the TAB Key to ''Ok'' and press Enter.

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I am going to do that, as soon as I find out, I'll come back and let you know.

Thank you!

I just installed 13 of 14 codecs in Gnome Software except for GStreamer Multimedia Codecs: GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set. Also installed ffmpeg ubuntu-restricted-extras.

Thank you!