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After having used OMXPlayer for many years, I am now trying to install vlc for command line on a Raspberry Pi B+ (Buster Lite) without X:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install vlc-bin

Testing vlc with cvlc /opt/vc/src/hello_pi/hello_video/test.h264 or another video gives no video output or error, only

VLC media player 3.0.12 Vetinari (revision 1.0.6-1618-g917488b78)

Testing on a Raspberry Pi 3+ (Stretch Lite) without X gives the same result.

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I have found out that in addition to vlc-bin, installing vlc-plugin-base (~500 Mbyte) solves my problem. Writing cvlc /opt/vc/src/hello_pi/hello_video/test.h264 now displays the video.

But isn't there a more minimal VLC install (< 500 MByte) as a substitute for OMXPlayer?

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You need to use the ncurses interface.

vlc -I ncurses ...
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