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Cannot run VLC after update (Win7)

I have just updated to 2.0.6 and cannot start VLC. On theirs site it says: "If VLC doesn't even start anymore, delete VLC's configuration file" "...Windows Vista/7: C:\Users\%username%\Application ...
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YouTube web no sound but VLC has sound

On Windows 7, in YouTube web client (in latest Chrome) - videos play, but without sound. IIRC, they used to play with sound some days earlier on the same machine. Pretty sure I did not change any ...
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Why does enabling “Use GPU accelerated decoding” in the Preferences>Input & Codes section of VLC cause the video output to become fragmented?

On a windows 7 machine w/ nvidia NVS4200 chipiset 'fragmentation' (I don't know exactly what you would call it) occurs when playing certain video files with VLC, when a certain setting in VLC is ...
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play on win 7, cd player and dvd player

I am try to make a multi-dvd with mp4 files with vlc and have it autorun on both computer and cd and dvd player What type of software besides vlc and autorun would I need for this. I'm using ...
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Windows 7 - Shortcut - Target Attributes too long

I need to launch a shortcut to a program (vlc.exe) and have it launch with certain attributes (it's quite a long string) and the target box will not accept enough characters. I need help finding ...
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Cannot play a non-commercial video DVD

I have tried everything to play my DVD that contains two folders: Video_TS & AUDIO_TS. After searching I saw that players like VLC (Ubuntu and Windows) or PowerDVD (Windows) should be able to play ...
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Upgraded VLC, won't play CAF files

I just upgraded to VLC media player 2.0.4 Twoflower on Win 7. It associates itself with .CAF files, but won't play them. I have quicktime installed, and it will happily play CAF files, so I'm not ...
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Counting number of time any song has been played in last few days

Actually, I'm trying to find-out what genre of song I listen to most. To do this, I need to find out what songs were played in last "time constraint" and how many times? VLC media player (under window ...
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Is it possible to setup VLC (or another player) for a proper DD5.1 Output with HDMI? How?

After quite some struggles with my Audio setup, I decided to create a reference for any other exhausted souls dealing with this. Situation: Samsung TV connected via HDMI to an ASUS HD7850 ...
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How to send VLC Player audio to headphones rather than PC speaker?

Similar to this question, except I'm on Windows 7. That question also has no accepted answer, and the answer doesn't work for me. I've tried all the different "Output Module" settings in the Audio ...
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VLC streaming, setting for Logitech QuickCam at low resolution isn't working

I can stream my Logitech QuickCam S5500 in Windows 7 using the following vlc command: vlc dshow:// :dshow-vdev="Logitech QuickCam S5500" :dshow-adev=none :dshow-size=320x240 :dshow-fps=30 ...
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.mov playing the sound but no video

I'am playing a .mov file from VTC but the thing is each time I run the video on VLC player. the .mov is working there is an audio but video seems to be stuck in one place. how can I fix this?
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Subtitles in VLC are displayed as question marks

I can't reproduce what made it happen, but since yesterday, for all the movies I play with VLC - their subtitles (Hebrew) are displayed as question marks. Any resolution? Way to find the source of ...
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Batch convert video to audio with VLC

I have a bunch of MP4 or FLV files that I need to convert into WAV PCM 44khz 16bit stereo Currently I do that "the manual way" with VLC opening the transcode window, selecting the source/target ...
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Enable fade to black/grey when in fullscreen

I wish to blackout or grayout my other monitor when using VLC in fullscreen. I've searched around and there seems to be an option for it, but I can't find it.
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Hardware acceleration for x264 playback on windows 7

Using VLC 2.0.0 with windows 7 to replay various mkv files (x264) the cpu usage of VLC media player averages 25%. How is it possible to enable hardware acceleration so that CPU usage will be lower? ...
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How do I change the default TCP listening port for VLC HTTP Remote Control from 8080?

I think most of the info is in the question but here's a little more detail on what I'm trying to achieve. I control VLC via my Android phone and the VLC Remote app. It works just fine, but I'd ...
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Can I add Visualization to VLC

Is there a way to add new visualizations to VLC? The six included are OK but something new would be nice.
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Playing random short clips from a collection of movies

I'm hosting a party, and I want to play random sequences from a collection of movies in the background. I don't want to sit and edit together five hours of footage by hand though. Ideally I would: ...
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Watch TV without using Media Center

I have a DELL Studio XPS 1640 with an inbuilt TV Tuner. The only problem is I have to use Windows Media Center to watch TV. Is it possible to set up VLC Player or some other player that can allow me ...
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VLC turns down Sound volume when monitor is turned off

I have come to experience a pretty strange behavior. When I run VLC Player and I turn off my primary monitor to watch it on the secondary monitor, VLC Player turns down the volume. If I turn off my ...
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How do I capture a video of my Windows 7 desktop in VLC?

I used to be able to capture a video of my desktop in Windows 7 in an older version of VLC. But they've recently changed the UI and I can't seem to work out now how to record my desktop in the latest ...
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All exe's getting vlc exe's on Windows7

Am facing quite strange problem.Am on windows7 and whenever i install vlc player on my system all other exe's are getting converted into vlc exe and only after uninstalling vlc they get into their ...
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How do I associate my keyboard's media keys with VLC?

I've got an ASUS K50AF series notebook with Windows 7 Home Premium x64. I'm using VLC, and I want to use media keys (play, pause, rewind, forward, stop) with it. Currently, it's associated with ...
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How to play 24 fps video smoothly on a 60Hz display?

I use mpc-hc to play videos on Win7 x64. With the default settings (#1), video playback is great most of the time. But for panning shots, playback is not smooth. I stepped through the video frame by ...
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Subtitle problem in m2ts video file

In my Windows 7 Ultimate (32 bit) OS, VLC Media Player 1.1.5 can play m2ts video file. But when I load an srt file, VLC stops playing the video file. No message is shown. I don't use any other video ...
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VLC only in Windows 7 system tray?

How can I set the VLC icon only in Windows 7 system tray and not duplicated also in the taskbar?
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Remove Recent List in VLC Players on Windows 7

VLC player is one of the item most used on my Windows 7 machine. When I click "Start", I\it appears as "pinned" at the program list. When I mouse over to the VLC players, I will see a list of ...
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How install amarok in windows 7

I follow the instructions on amarok.kde.org but doesn't work, any sugestions? likns? the phonon backend dont find vlc
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VLC user interface is very laggy

I'm running Windows 7 x64, with version 1.1.3 (though this started to happen a couple of versions ago). My problem is that when I'm watching a video (this doesn't happen with audio), the UI responds ...
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Can VLC Player goto FullScreen on a 2nd Display automatically? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I get VLC to play on the second monitor on windows? Hi folks, I've been using VLC player on my mac (with a TV connected to that as a 2nd device) and when i hit ...
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How to convert any song lyrics into subtitle file? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Which is the best subtitle file editor (srt)? For example I have a Video of some song. I downloaded the lyrics from a lyrics site. I want to play these lyrics along ...
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How to associate MMS protocol in Windows 7 with VLC?

Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations does not give a choice - Windows Media Player is the only option. I have tried modifying the registry for MMS (shell\command key) but MMS is ...
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how to rip several minutes of dvd with subtitles - using VLC

Title says it all...I want to rip several minutes of a DVD movie - with subtitles - using VLC (or Handbrake). How can I do this? OS is Windows 7.
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Is there a 'global media cache' in Windows 7 that may be used by third party media players?

Here's the background. I don't use Windows Media Player or Media Centre, in fact both components have been 'turned off' via the 'Programs and Features' option. My media player of choice is a nightly ...
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How to perfectly synchronize Subtitles with movie?

How to perfectly synchronize Subtitles with movie? i use VLC
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No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format “undf”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this

How to fix this VLC Media player error? I'm running a Video which is in dual-audio. It runs fine with one track(Language) but when i change to second audio track . then it doesn't play second audio ...
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Why do I sometimes see blue faces?

There are a bunch of forum posts about this issue from the last several years but no resolution that I could find. I have the newest VLC installed on Windows 7 with the newest nvidia drivers. ...
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Does VLC Player work well on Windows 7 64-bit?

I tried VLC Player on Windows 7 64-bit version and the playback was fine, but when the video is maximized the image is very pixelated. I tried this on a Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card as well as a ...
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Why is VLC only playing audio when I'm using headphones?

When using VLC media player in my Windows 7 (RC), the audio works only if my head phones are connected. Without the head phones, the audio is not heard at all. Other players deliver the audio ...
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VLC + Windows 7 = Pixelated playback?

I'm running a freshly installed Windows 7 Professional (not RC or beta, and not illegal stuff). I installed my usual software, and I was surprised to see that VLC video playback is pixelated when ...