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.mp4 video playback on Fedora 39 shows a black window (audio only)

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After having received the following update “vlc-3.0.20-4.fc39.x86_64” through RPM Fusion, I’m now having trouble playing a lot of .mp4 videos. However they work when downgrading to “vlc-3.0.20-1.fc39.x86_64” and/or when running the 3.0.19 flatpak version.

How to reproduce (always):

  • Update to latest packaged VLC 3.0.20-4 through RPM Fusion
  • Run and play an .mp4 video with VLC

Result: audio is playing, but there’s no video (black window).

Expected: having functional audio and video playback.

H264 – MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (avc1) MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a)

-- logger module started --
main: Kör vlc med standardgränssnittet. Använd "cvlc" för att använda vlc utan gränssnitt.
mp4 warning: elst box found
mp4 warning: STTS table of 1 entries
mp4 warning: STTS table of 1 entries
main error: buffer deadlock prevented
pipewire warning: starting late
qt warning: orphaned video window
-- logger module stopped --

kernel-6.6.7-200.fc39.x86_64 mesa-23.3.1-3.fc39 pipewire-1.0.0-2.fc39.i686 pipewire-1.0.0-2.fc39.x86_64 vlc-3.0.20-4.fc39.x86_64

Edited by helio sphere
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