For some reason after the last update videos just close with VLC. Started the media player in the Terminal and get some error with libva vlc VLC media player 3.0.18 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2) [00005575482945d0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vl…

You mentioned you use nvidia. I had a simular issue with vlc awhile ago crashing when trying to play mkv files, and what fixed it for me was going into vlc video settings and changing the video output from automatic to VDPAU output.

Videos won't play with VLC

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megavolt 25 January 2023 12:09 3

Just a simple search: Search results for 'vlc libva' - Manjaro Linux Forum

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