Does update to 0.8.1 or 0.8.2 version of phonon-backend-vlc package may fix? From https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/openSUSE:Leap:42.1/phonon-backend-vlc/phonon-backend-vlc.changes?expand=1 : Wed Nov 5 23:02:09 UTC 2014 - hrvoje.senjan@gmail.com - Update to 0.8.1: ... * VLC 2.2 compatibility ...