If you are seeing issue with VLC blank video playbook with audio only; then try installing the vlc-plugin-ffmpeg Arch package (pacman -Syu vlc-plugin-ffmpeg).
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If you are seeing issue with VLC blank video playbook with audio only; then try installing the vlc-plugin-ffmpeg Arch package (pacman -Syu vlc-plugin-ffmpeg).