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I tried compiling VLC from source, which worked, but when I try to open a file, any type of file be it video or audio, it says in the console main input error: no suitable access module My configure command looked like this ./configure --enable-wxwidgets --enable-alsa --enable-libmpeg2 --enable-xvid...

You can try manually editing the ~/.vlc/vlcrc file to remove the skins2 interface. Look for these lines # Interface module (string) intf=skins2 and comment out the second one or change it to Default Of course, this won't get you the GTK2 interface. Somebody forgot to compile that into the Breezy ver...

Your VLC might not be using hardware rendering? So your X11 does not have a good Xvideo setup. That woudl cause a considerable amount of CPU useage increase The Video Output Filter is set to default. I tried changing it to OpenGL to see if that would get to use "hardware rendering", but t...

I've noticed that the Linux version of VLC seems to use a massive amount of CPU power when watching a video. When playing an Xvid encoded movie with a resolution of 640x480, the CPU usage seems to hover between 60-70%. It's not a major issue as the movie still plays, but doing things like playing tw...