VLC Player - Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so (v2)

Question

Fresh install of Ubuntu on an old Intel NUC. The purpose is to play a video on repeat for an installation. I opted for VLC. The video is an mp4.

VLC plays the video perfectly on repeat, but after a couple repeats it gets stuck on the first frame and when launched from a command line, this error is displayed:

Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

The answer to the identical question posed here does not work, as apparently you can't install VLC through apt-get anymore: VLC Player - Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so

Is there another solution, or is there another video player better suited for this task?

Does this answer your question? GNOME Mplayer: "Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so" error — Jos, Nov 22 '22 at 16:47
It did lead me to what seemed to be the solution: go into VLC settings, and in the Video tab set the output to another device. X11 works fine for me. Thanks Jos! — colouredmirrorball, Nov 22 '22 at 17:05
@colouredmirrorball - if you’ve fixed it, please consider posting the solution as an answer to your question. Thanks! — Will, Nov 23 '22 at 20:47
@Will Definitely, but this website has a mandatory two day waiting period before it allows you to accept your own answer. — colouredmirrorball, Nov 24 '22 at 12:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 22 '22 at 17:08

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The solution was to go into VLC settings, go to Video and then select another output device.

answered Nov 22 '22 at 17:08

colouredmirrorball

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VLC Player - Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so (v2)

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