04-05-2018, 04:16 AM
Well I am back ;D - So I did a trade out with a youth that had one of the two Toshiba's that when LL3.4 was updated after initial install the videos playing via VLC would not open (when I click on them VLC briefly pops up then disappears and the video does not open or play). You Tube videos play fine when I go to the internet.
Earlier Justme2 suggested the following which I hadn't had a chance to do before sending them out with youth:
So - I tried to find the 'Restore to defaults' button within settings, but cannot find such a button either in settings from menu or within VLC. Justme2 might you be able to guide me as to where exactly I would find this?
Also believe I followed Trinidad's instructions with the exception that I did not do the initial step (in bold print, what I did was use the Lite Welcome and got updates for LL 3.4 then checked for drivers, rebooted and then upgraded to LL3.8
Here is what Trinidad said to do: Follow this upgrade path in this order >run sudo apt-get update in the terminal and exit >use Lite updates to update 3.4 > use Lite upgrade to upgrade to 3.6 >use Lite updates to update 3.6. If VLC still does't work afterwards we'll track it down in 3.6. Seems counterintuitive to repair it in 3.4 given all the recent changes to Firefox.
So since the issue of the downloaded videos not playing (VLC not opening up properly) where do I go and what do I do now?
If all else fails I can go back to my earlier restore point...
Earlier Justme2 suggested the following which I hadn't had a chance to do before sending them out with youth:
(01-28-2018, 09:57 AM)justme2 link Wrote: I too seem to have problems with VLC after updates have taken place. Futile attempts were made playing around with various settings but then I discovered the 'Restore to defaults' button within settings. I don't know why, but each time, accepting the VLC default settings restored it to a working state.
Try it and see if it has any effect - it does for me. I hope it works for you tooIf not, sorry I can't offer anything more.
So - I tried to find the 'Restore to defaults' button within settings, but cannot find such a button either in settings from menu or within VLC. Justme2 might you be able to guide me as to where exactly I would find this?
Also believe I followed Trinidad's instructions with the exception that I did not do the initial step (in bold print, what I did was use the Lite Welcome and got updates for LL 3.4 then checked for drivers, rebooted and then upgraded to LL3.8
Here is what Trinidad said to do: Follow this upgrade path in this order >run sudo apt-get update in the terminal and exit >use Lite updates to update 3.4 > use Lite upgrade to upgrade to 3.6 >use Lite updates to update 3.6. If VLC still does't work afterwards we'll track it down in 3.6. Seems counterintuitive to repair it in 3.4 given all the recent changes to Firefox.
So since the issue of the downloaded videos not playing (VLC not opening up properly) where do I go and what do I do now?
If all else fails I can go back to my earlier restore point...