VLC Fails to identify audio and subtitles

When using a valid .mkv file VLC has issues with it and I get a popup saying

Unidentified codec:
VLC could not identify the audio or video codec

Video actually works fine, but I cant hear audio and subtitles dont work

VLC media player 3.0.21 Vetinari (revision 3.0.21-0-gdd8bfdbabe8)
[000055c7b18fa520] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[000055c7b19732c0] main playlist: playlist is empty
[matroska,webm @ 0x7f6868c5cd40] File ended prematurely
[matroska,webm @ 0x7f6868c5cd40] Duplicate element
[matroska,webm @ 0x7f6868c5cd40] Element at 0x45 ending at 0x34e05 exceeds containing master element ending at 0x13f1
[matroska,webm @ 0x7f6868c5cd40] Duplicate element
[matroska,webm @ 0x7f6868c5cd40] Element at 0x54 ending at 0x5a4e14 exceeds containing master element ending at 0x1400
[matroska,webm @ 0x7f6868c5cd40] Element at 0x63 ending at 0x17de exceeds containing master element ending at 0x140f
[matroska,webm @ 0x7f6868c5cd40] Element at 0x74 ending at 0x17ef exceeds containing master element ending at 0x1420
[matroska,webm @ 0x7f6868c5cd40] Duplicate element
[matroska,webm @ 0x7f6868c5cd40] Element at 0x85 ending at 0xc2fecd9 exceeds containing master element ending at 0x1431
[matroska,webm @ 0x7f6868c5cd40] File ended prematurely
[00007f68557a69b0] main decoder error: could not identify codec
[00007f683c001f10] glconv_vaapi_x11 gl error: vaInitialize: unknown libva error
[00007f683c001f10] glconv_vaapi_drm gl error: vaInitialize: unknown libva error
libva error: vaGetDriverNames() failed with operation failed
[00007f683c001f10] glconv_vaapi_drm gl error: vaInitialize: operation failed
[00007f685621f4e0] avcodec decoder: Using NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library  575.64.03  Wed Jun 25 18:05:28 UTC 2025 for hardware decoding
> Installed PCI configs:
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                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2025.01.13               false            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!

Did you install all of the vlc plugins? The package was recently split up. :point_down:

sudo pacman -Syu vlc-plugins-all
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Awesome, that worked thanks

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