Cannot install vlc media-player...

[Karibu]

Hello..
I run Knoppix 6.7.1 from an USB pendrive on my HP Pavilion g6-1b67ca Laptop.
Using Synaptic Package Manager I tried to install vlc mediaplayer.
From S.P.M. I get the following message:

vlc:
Depends: vlc-nox but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse but it is not going to be installed

I'm not that well educated to understand what this is all about and I really
appresiate if somebody could help me with that.
Thanks

[utu]

Greetings, Karibu
Perhaps this thread will help you.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-knopp.../msg00002.html

[Karibu]

Thank you, utu,
Yes, it really helped...the installation was flawless...
For some reason it's not playing though.
When I open a video, let's say an .avi file, it starts and immediately stops again.
Exactly the same behavior as the default GNOME MPlayer..
When I try with a .divx file I get an error message: see screenshot.


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[utu]

Greetings, Karibu.
Have you tried both the stable & unstable versions as Klaus suggested?

[klaus2008]

@Karibu

You did not write that you found a solution for your audio device issue. Therefore I am not surprised that the media player cannot play sounds through the default sound device. VLC media player might have an option to disable sound.

[Karibu]

Greetings, Karibu.
Have you tried both the stable & unstable versions as Klaus suggested?

Not yet, but I'll do it soon...keep you posted...

[Karibu]

@Karibu
You did not write that you found a solution for your audio device issue. Therefore I am not surprised that the media player cannot play sounds through the default sound device. VLC media player might have an option to disable sound.

You are totally right: this issue is not solved.
Therefore my thought was to try vlc, but this didn't solve the issue either ....

[Karibu]

I tried both...no success...astonishingly enough, I had dependency conflicts with --stable---see terminal output

[Karibu]

Sorry for the trouble.. there is no need to install vlc... default player works! It was all my fault---! the USB flash drive was only 2GB and therefore not enough space to run a movie. Sorry! PS.: Still no sound though???