However, I get an error when I try to install VLC – I copied the install command from https://snapcraft.io/vlc (just to be sure I was using the right snap name). I’m assuming that since there’s a page for VLC on snapcraft.io, the snap exists?
pi@raspi:~ $ sudo snap install vlc
error: cannot install “vlc”: snap not found
That’s because the VLC snap is not built for the armhf platform. You’d probably want to contact the upstream about why is that not available for armhf etc.
there is the “omxplayer-pi” snap in the store, it will give you full GPU accelerated 1080p video playback (no GUI though) on the pi. (please check the description with snap info omxplayer-pi before using it …)