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I want a video to open, play and loop fullscreen automatically upon login. The following works when opening a cmd.exe window and typing it in:

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" file:///xmas.mp4 -f --loop

However, I have tried creating a shortcut, batch script, vbs script, scheduled task, EVERYTHING I can think of and it doesn't work. It appears to be launching VLC over and over and reports the following: 

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///xmas.mp4". Check the log for details.
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "xmas.mp4". (%m)

And so on, over and over again, until I end the process.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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  • where on your filesystem does xmas.mp4 reside? is it your VLC install folder? – Frank Thomas Dec 4 '12 at 16:43
  • Yes, I've tried it in several locations, including the VLC install folder, root and \Users\myusername\ – Drew M. Dec 4 '12 at 17:25
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    have you tried dropping the 'file:///'? I know VLC likes URIs but that should mean the file is in the system root (c:). if you put the file in the root of C, does it work? – Frank Thomas Dec 4 '12 at 21:14
  • Have you tried using the full path to the file xmas.mp4 in the place where you write file:///, plus using double quotes around it so that it doesn't escape off? – ShivamMax Jul 14 '13 at 5:36
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It appears VLC cannot find the file you point to.

file:///xmas.mp4

file:// is the "protocol" and the third slash is the root directory. So whatever your "root" directory is, xmas.mp4 is not there.

For a fix, provide a full path to your file, e.g.:

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" file:///C:/myvideo/xmas.mp4 -f --loop

Tip: Unix-style paths don't work for VLC on Windows, but the file://-style path works.

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If the file is located in the root of C:

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" C:\xmas.mp4 -f --loop
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