I'm trying to get VLC media player to work on my PC running Fedora 43 with KDE Plasma. I installed it through the software center, but none of the available versions seem to work for me. I've attempted various troubleshooting methods and asked tools like ChatGPT for help, but I keep getting suggestions to repair flatpaks or reinstall scripts, which haven't helped at all. While I can run VLC from the command line, if I try to open a video by double-clicking it or launching VLC from the start menu, nothing happens.
I've also looked online and read that I might need to install some codecs, which I've done, but I'm still stuck. It's been hours of trial and error, and I just want VLC to run without having to go through the terminal. I love using Linux and want to understand it better, even if Fedora is a bit more challenging than Ubuntu. Still, it feels frustrating that something as simple as installing VLC has turned into a headache. Any help to get VLC running smoothly would be greatly appreciated!
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It sounds like you might be missing some codecs! You should check out the RPM Fusion guides for setting up the multimedia codecs. Here are the links:
- [RPM Fusion Configuration](https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration)
- [RPM Fusion Multimedia Howto](https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multimedia)
Also, make sure you try reinstalling VLC after running the codec installation.
Thanks for sharing the links! When I tried installing the codecs, it told me they were already installed. I ended up wiping all of VLC's data, rebooting, and then installing VLC and the codecs again. After that, VLC actually worked for both opening the program and video files!