VLC 2.2.4 not showing video but only audio since upgrade to Mac OS El Capitan

[nikhilm]

I have a Macbook Pro 13" late 2011. I recently updated the OS to El Capitan 10.11.5
Since the update I am not able to play any video file on my VLC Player (2.2.4)
MP4, MKV, AVI - No file is played. I can only hear audio and there is no video.
I have tried re-installing VLC atleast 10 times and have scoured through any available forums about this topic, but have noticed that while some users have this problem - there isn't a solution.

Could someone please help? Thanks!

[dfuhrmann]

Did you try to reset VLCs preferences?

[wizbang2fl]

I also have had this occur since V 2.2.0 and it's not on any one particular video, but when switching codecs. If you play a different video using a different codec often it will then play the video fine. IE: video plays using using codec a then another playing codec b (which doesn't show video) if I play another video with codec c which plays and then go back to the prior one it plays without any issue. unfortunately, it's been so random that I haven't thought to look at it more closely (and it's been relatively easy to resolve) I figured it was a problem with the video file.

[nikhilm]

Did you try to reset VLCs preferences?

Yes did that multiple times. No use. The problem persists even after reinstalling VLC and resetting preferences.

[nikhilm]

I also have had this occur since V 2.2.0 and it's not on any one particular video, but when switching codecs. If you play a different video using a different codec often it will then play the video fine. IE: video plays using using codec a then another playing codec b (which doesn't show video) if I play another video with codec c which plays and then go back to the prior one it plays without any issue. unfortunately, it's been so random that I haven't thought to look at it more closely (and it's been relatively easy to resolve) I figured it was a problem with the video file.

I am a little confused about this, sorry! Could you tell me which codec to select?

[ajmas]

Do any errors appear in VLC's message window ('window' menu -> messages...), if there are please could you share the message log.

[nikhilm]

Do any errors appear in VLC's message window ('window' menu -> messages...), if there are please could you share the message log.

No errors.

Following is the message log:

core debug: VLC media player - 2.2.4 Weatherwax
core debug: Copyright © 1996-2016 the VideoLAN team
core debug: revision 2.2.4-3-g2fc51dd
core debug: configured with ../extras/package/macosx/../../../configure '--prefix=/Users/fpk/Desktop/vlc-2.2/release/vlc_install_dir' '--enable-macosx' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-growl' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-shout' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-libass' '--enable-macosx-eyetv' '--enable-macosx-qtkit' '--enable-macosx-avfoundation' '--disable-skins2' '--disable-xcb' '--disable-caca' '--disable-sdl' '--disable-samplerate' '--disable-macosx-dialog-provider' '--with-macosx-version-min=10.6' '--build=x86_64-apple-darwin10' 'build_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin10' 'CC=xcrun clang' 'CFLAGS=' 'LDFLAGS=' 'CXX=xcrun clang++' 'OBJC=xcrun clang'
core debug: VLC media player - 2.2.4 Weatherwax
core debug: Copyright © 1996-2016 the VideoLAN team
core debug: revision 2.2.4-3-g2fc51dd
core debug: configured with ../extras/package/macosx/../../../configure '--prefix=/Users/fpk/Desktop/vlc-2.2/release/vlc_install_dir' '--enable-macosx' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-growl' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-shout' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-libass' '--enable-macosx-eyetv' '--enable-macosx-qtkit' '--enable-macosx-avfoundation' '--disable-skins2' '--disable-xcb' '--disable-caca' '--disable-sdl' '--disable-samplerate' '--disable-macosx-dialog-provider' '--with-macosx-version-min=10.6' '--build=x86_64-apple-darwin10' 'build_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin10' 'CC=xcrun clang' 'CFLAGS=' 'LDFLAGS=' 'CXX=xcrun clang++' 'OBJC=xcrun clang'


Hope this helps!