VLC Snap cannot find my AACs KEYDB.cfg file.
I've installed the Snap version of VLC in Ubuntu but it is unable to locate my AACS configuration file:
keydbcfg.c:680: No valid AACS configuration files found
It's present inside ~/.config/aacs/KEYDB.cfg which worked with the non-snap version.
VLC has access to my home directory:
baa@Tiles-PC:~$ snap connections vlc
Interface Plug Slot Notes
audio-playback vlc:audio-playback :audio-playback -
audio-record vlc:audio-record - -
avahi-control vlc:avahi-control - -
camera vlc:camera - -
desktop vlc:desktop :desktop -
desktop-legacy vlc:desktop-legacy :desktop-legacy -
dvb vlc:dvb - -
home vlc:home :home -
jack1 vlc:jack1 - -
mount-observe vlc:mount-observe - -
mpris - vlc:mpris -
network vlc:network :network -
network-bind vlc:network-bind :network-bind -
opengl vlc:opengl :opengl -
optical-drive vlc:optical-drive :optical-drive -
pulseaudio vlc:pulseaudio :pulseaudio -
removable-media vlc:removable-media :removable-media -
screen-inhibit-control vlc:screen-inhibit-control :screen-inhibit-control -
unity7 vlc:unity7 :unity7 -
x11 vlc:x11 :x11 -As it's unable to find the keydb VLC can't play Blurays in the Snap. I've tried this using 3.18 and 4.0.
Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04
VLC Version: VLC media player 4.0.0-dev Otto Chriek (revision 4.0.0-dev-23542-g85bbff1fc7)baa@Tiles-PC:~$ snap info vlc
name: vlc
summary: The ultimate media player
publisher: VideoLAN✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/vlc
contact: https://www.videolan.org/support/
license: unset
description: |
VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player.
Completely open source and privacy-friendly, it plays every multimedia file and streams.
It notably plays MKV, MP4, MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3,
Ogg/Vorbis files, BluRays, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network
sources. It supports subtitles, closed captions and is translated in numerous languages.
commands:
- vlc
snap-id: RT9mcUhVsRYrDLG8qnvGiy26NKvv6Qkd
tracking: latest/edge
refresh-date: today at 10:33 BST
channels:
latest/stable: 3.0.18 2022-10-28 (3078) 336MB -
latest/candidate: 3.0.18 2022-10-28 (3078) 336MB -
latest/beta: 3.0.18-139-g0808ae2ac5 2023-04-22 (3438) 336MB -
latest/edge: 4.0.0-dev-23542-g85bbff1fc7 2023-04-22 (3439) 691MB -
installed: 4.0.0-dev-23542-g85bbff1fc7 (3439) 691MB -Until recently there was a semi-popular unofficial PPA for installing VLC on Ubuntu without Snap, but that's not working for me anymore and when I checked the launchpad page it seems they're not offering access to a new required "private PPA" based on donations and some other mystery requirements, it all seems pretty dodgy so I'd like to get the Snap working.