Questions tagged [vlc-media-player]
A cross-platform, open source media player & streaming media server. Use this tag when having issues with playing, streaming, transcoding or otherwise using VLC's features. Consider pairing it with an OS or platorm tag (windows, linux, osx etc) if the problem is platform-specific
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USBDLM and VLC video play
I've got a video hosted on a USB stick, that when I plug into a windows computer, the very helpful USBDLM tool automatically opens the video with VLC and some launch commands.
The issue I have is when ...
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VLC media player, how can I display subtitles for an mp3 file?
I have LaiShiXiong-zm015.mp3 and LaiShiXiong-zm015.srt. The latter is the real subtitle for that mp3 audio.
When playing the mp3 audio with VLC 3.0.4, VLC shows that it has recognized my subtitle as &...
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Is there a way to avoid overlaying subtitle text on video frame?
I have a 20150928 WPA Basics.mp4 and a 20150928 WPA Basics.srt. When play that mp4 file using VLC 3.0.4 on Windows. I see the following scene:
You see, the subtitle text overlays the video content, ...
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how to convert wma files to mp3 without pop-ups on windows
I have worked up a clumsy process for converting wma files to mp3. I am using vlc command line. The process works, but keeps popping up a command window per file conversion.
here are my steps.
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possible ffmpeg processing error, audio file is longer than muxed video file, --shortest flag does not appear to work, audio does not play
See the question asked here.
How to merge audio and video streams with different lengths trimming audio to fit video using ffmpeg
ffmpeg is creating output, the audio file itself plays, the video ...
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VLC dark mode on Windows 11 desktop?
According to this site, VLC on GNU is centrally themed via Qt, but for Windows I've only found "use the eDark skin", which only works when opening that vlt file with VLC and lacks my custom ...
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VLC : How to play/pause with a single mouse click in 2023?
I tried to find a solution which does not require installing a plugin. VLC preferences do not have the options mentioned in the existing answers so how do you do it in 2023?
Edit: I decided to use ...
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Use TV remote control on PC
Is there an option to control my Win11 PC with my Sony TVs existing remote control (KD55XE7005).
For instance I'd like to use the Volume +/- / Play / Stop keys to control VLC, Windows 11 volume or ...
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Full screen mode bug with dual monitor
I have a bug in vlc when I enter in full screen mode, The video is in the middle of my screens as you can see here https://i.ibb.co/tbQN5Hr/ezgif-com-video-to-gif.gif.
It doesn't do it to me with ...
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How do I create a better drag and drop .BAT file that processes as many files as I select?
How do I create a better drag and drop .BAT file that processes as many files as I select?
The purpose of this batch file is to convert any file with sound on it (mp3, ogg, mp4, etc) to a wav. I want ...
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Display indicators in time toolbar from VLC media
Some time ago, i was watching an episode of a series in VLC and notice that the time toolbar has marks in it that indicates intro, credits, part 1, etc.
how?
is possible with vlc or i need other ...
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How to keep VLC playing while screen is locked
VLC pauses a video that's looping after screen is locked on Kubuntu.
How to keep it playing, while keeping the screen lock?
Pause media players is disabled in advanced energy settings Kubuntu.
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how to access a remote IP camera using UID
My colleague installed an IP camera and I want to access it to get frames from the stream. However, the IP provided is local, so I don't know how to access it. The access data I got looks like this:
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What Is Wrong With Nvidia Quadro 3000M?
I have an HP laptop with the following specs:
Device: Laptop
Brand: HP
Model: Mobile Workstation EliteBook 8760W
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2860QM CPU @ 2.50GHz 2.50 GHz
Memory: ...
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VLC snapshot with just the filename?
I've learnt that its possible to have the VLC snapshots save with a specific prefix. I want the snapshots to be saved with just the video name (the filename, not the title) (not including the ...
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How do you get VLC to show folders first then files when sorting by name in ubuntu
When I try to sort files and folders in ascending order in VLC on Ubuntu 22.04, for some reason it shows the folders after the file names. If I sort in descending order it shows the folders first, but ...
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VLC player cannot read the stream broadcast set up by itself. What could go wrong?
I'm trying to set up a H264-encoded stream on rtp over a local area network. Starting from setting up a source on localhost (127.0.0.1):
$ cvlc v4l2:///dev/video0:chroma=YUY2:width=640:height=480 --...
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How do I play this UMD format movie?
I have a movie ripped from a UMD format disc in the form of an ISO.
The ISO structure is as follows:
$ls -R
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umd_data.bin umd_video
./umd_video:
clipinf icon0.png icon1.pmf param.sfo pic1.png ...
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Convert audio to higher speed with VLC
Can VLC do this? There are quite some tutorials on the web but for me, it does not work - new file gets saved, but in original speed.
One tutorial is here: https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-save-a-video-...
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VLC - play multiple videos simutaneously with different start times
Currently I managed to get 3 videos playing at the same time when I save the following to a ".bat" file and run it in Windows, but all of them start at 00:00.
START "VLC media player - ...
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VLC on Chromebook doesn't recognises any media files
In order to try and fix a wee issue my partner was having with
VLC on Chromebook, I uninstalled and reinstalled it (after the usual clearing the cache etc. to try and fix it) but now it doesn't ...
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ffmpeg won't subtract VOB subtitle, but VLC can show it
I want to download the subtitle using ffmpeg, but I cannot make it. I have tried many parameters but it seems the subtitle hidden somewhere. But when I play using VLC, I can use it.
This is the ...
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Why does my TV blank out for a moment when I fullscreen a HDR video file?
I've set up a Ryzen 5/ 3rd generation small form factor / NUC type machine as a HTPC. I'm running windows 11 on it at the moment. I'm using VLC 3.0.18 vetinari as a video player
Its connected to a HDR ...
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Audio cutting out in VLC
The Audio cuts out for around 2-5 seconds while playing high quality files.
The error I get in VLC is; main warning: resetting master clock: coefficient too unstable: 604.491239
I have tried turning ...
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How to make VLC to start at various times when called more than once from command line?
I am able to start a video via VLC from the command line with the following command:
vlc videoName.mp4 --start-time=50 &
I want to start the same video at another position - without exiting that ...
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Poor performance viewing video from USB Video device in VLC
In VLC, on Windows 10, I'm having trouble viewing 1080p video at reasonable frame rates from a USB video capture device (HDMI source).
When I use OBS Studio, everything works fine: The video is at ...
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How to play a loop of a video with slower speed without changing the audio pitch?
I am trying to learn guitar. I have some videos I'd like to study and play along. I am looking for the command line argument that does the following:
Play part of the video, from timestamp 1 to ...
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How to stop VLC Player from minimizing when video ends?
I'm trying to keep VLC player full-screened when a video ends. Currently, when it hits the end of a video, it will exit fullscreen and return to whatever state it was in before. Is there a way to stop ...
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vlc player. how to crop to new ratio and save
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I am trying to crop a video into a new ratio.
I managed to do so by following the first answer in this question, and now I am trying to save the video with said "video cropping" ...
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VLC Player - disable file path in play list
The question was already asked in 2007 here and the answer was that version 0.9 will do that by default. I am using VLC Player 3.0.12 on Windows 10 and it still shows the full path to the media files -...
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Desktop's shortcuts' text just lost their shadows after shutdown and boot up, after a night with VLC issues
VLC is my default media player but last night, I could only get it to load media by dragging it into the window manually, instead of just double-clicking the media.
And the next day, on boot up, my ...
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ffmpeg last frame freezes, audio keeps playing
I'm using fffmpeg to cut an H.264 video into specific shots. I need it to be frame accurate, which isnt a problem if I only encode video (now that I know how to calculate the ms from the number of ...
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How can I play a .pls playlist file in VNC via URL?
I know how to create .pls playlist files where each track is a remote file/song, but I can't VLC to open a .pls file that is located online.
Is this possible?
The benefit is that you can open a single ...
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vlc media player plays audio for 18 seconds, then stops for a split second, then continues playing the audio
The problem: VLC media player version 3.0.18 plays audio for 18 seconds, then stops playing audio for a split second, then continues playing the audio.
(It is on a Windows 10 machine playing a flac ...
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VLC log files W10 Vetinari
I'm using VLC v3.0.18 Vetinari on Windows 10. Previous posts show that I need to go to Tools->Preferences, then "Show Settings". The problem is that this doesn't exist in version v3.0.18. ...
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VLC media player-back 10 seconds and forward 30 seconds buttons are missing
In VLC media player, I used to have a "jump back 10 seconds" button at the middle of the bottom of the screen while playing a video, and a "jump forward 30 seconds" button. These ...
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How to disable the media on screen display popup on Windows 10
With Windows 10, certain media players (at least MediaMonkey, Amazon Music, Spotify ... probably most of them) display a horrible and annoying popup on the upper-left part of the screen whenever you ...
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VLC: How to "continue playback" regardless of how close from start or end I was?
I already have the "Continue playback?" option set to "Always", which usually works great.
But if I stop a video at some position near the start or end, close it, then later play ...
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Construct a command from a stream configuration in VLC?
I have a VLC instance running a broadcast/stream to the local network. It works well, but the problem is that it sometime glitches or crashes after hours of streaming, or ofc it closes when the PC ...
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VLC mutes sound after seeking on Pop! OS
I noticed this issue when I was playing videos with VLC. When the video is originally opened, there is absolutely no visible problem.
However, seeking (with the mouse's cursor or the arrows of the ...
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Why does stripping metadata decrease the duration of my MP3 file by 0.03 seconds?
I have a file, input.mp3, which, running ffprobe on it gives the following:
[mp3 @ 0x559431400a00] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, mp3, from '../backup/1.mp3':
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VLC Taking MINUTES to open
To begin, love the product!
Now.... Recently re-installed Windows 10. Downloaded and installed VLC Player (3.0.14 64bit).
I have the same version on other computers, runs no problem. This one ...
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VLC: network stream over RTSP: can I use more aggressive buffering?
I can watch my RTSP stream with VLC almost perfectly.
The stream is live, transcoded from h264 to h265 by ffmpeg.
My only concern is that the stream is occasionally (depends on many factors, but at ...
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VLC won't work on Chrome OS or install plugins [closed]
VLC won't work on my Chromebook. It just gives me a cone screen and won't do anything else. Tried chrome://plugins and it says it is invalid. Any tips?
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VLC: Play network video and audio from different source?
I wish to play a network stream which comes in a format of m3u8.
Unfortunately video and audio are in separated files, so I tried to open a network stream and then "Play another media ...
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Streaming local file through http with VLC
original question for reference
using vlc -I qt a.mp4 '#http{mux=ffmpeg{mux=mp4},dst=:8080/stream}' --sout-all --sout-keep the video is playing locally fine with both audio and video but I got some ...
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Cannot get vlc to stream correctly through command line
I use the following command:
vlc -I qt myfile.mp4 #standard{access=http,mux=ts,dst="8080/stream"} :sout-all :sout-keep
and my error log is the following:
VLC media player 3.0.16 Vetinari (...
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VLC: Crop/hide part of screen?
I want to crop/hide/cover up the bottom right hand bits (where this "Bally Sports" network shows me scores of games I haven't watched and lots of other unending annoying information):
Like ...
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VLC Search playlist for multiple terms
I have a playlist with multiple files.
I want to search for multiple terms, i.e. i want all results that have the word "winter", all results that have the word "snow" and all the ...
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Xfade not getting applied on the last clip when merging 10 clips
I am facing issue while applying xfade on multiple videos using complex filter graphs, fade is always getting missed at the last clip of the sequence, is this a limitation of ffmpeg,
Can some please ...
