> This is directed mostly to Nik (since I've heard him mention both Devuan and 
> VLC); but also to anybody else who might have some inkling what is causing 
> this issue. 
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> VLC is (or would be) my media player of choice on most of my machines or 
> devices. I use it on my smartphone, and don't need anything else to play 
> music, movies, stream videos or radio. (I've tried other media players, yes, 
> but they are all inadequate by comparison, at least for my own needs.) So 
> many good things to say about VLC ... until about a year or two ago. 
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> Ever since Jessie it will start up, but then immediately crashes. I've gone 
> through looking for conflicts, but nothing obvious jumps out at me. 
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> Any suggestions about where to look, or what might be causing such an issue? 
> 
> Bill
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Hi Bill

the only thing I can think of is, purge all settings, config, cache etc.
and try again from the command line. See what it pops out.

If you are up to it, grab the source code and build it. If you get it working 
like that, that means the deb package is likely faulty somehow.

Kate