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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How to increase VLC RAM buffer for offline files using CLI?
I would like to do the same thing as in the answer to this question: I want to increase the File Caching option found in the preferences (Tools -> Preferences) with all the parameters (the All ...
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Video stutters on Linux and Android when watching movies from a Windows share
I have a powerful PC running Windows 10.
The PC is connected to a very powerful router (Ubiquiti Dream Machine PRO) via a gigabit wire.
I also have a computer running Manjaro Linux. It is connected to ...
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Artifacts on Video of 143 images combined into a video by ffmpeg
Left side is from video, and right is original still
The video was created from 143 images from the same camera taken over some months.
Processed using :-
ffmpeg -framerate 1 -pattern_type glob -i '*....
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Pitch shift not present on VLC on Mac [duplicate]
Im user the latest version of VLC for Mac M1 (3.0.20). I want to change the pitch of a song, and the pitch shift feature that always was on Audio Effects -> Advance, now is not there. There's no ...
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VLC ignores configured soundfont
I'm using VLC 3.0.20 on Windows 10, and have configured a .sf2-soundfont in the Settings (Audiocodecs/FluidSynth). When I re-open the setting, the path pointing to the soundfont is still correct:
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Is it possible to output different soundtracks from movies to different output devices?
For example, if I have a movie in MKV or another format, or a DVD with multiple soundtracks in different languages, can we watch it simultaneously in two languages? I want to watch the movie in ...
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Play analogue video from audio in
I have an adapter with AV input on one end and a 3.5 mm jack on the other.
Is it possible to plug the 3.5 mm jack into audio in and view the AV signal going in?
I've been trying to use the Analogue ...
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VLC: Split Video onto Two Displays with Command
I need to display a video on two screens with VLC by command, in a non-manual way on my Raspberry PI.
The two screens are each connected by a HDMI cable. The video files have the 3840 * 1080 ...
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FFMPEG: RTSP Client sending "Keep Alive" packets back to camera
I am using the FFMPEG Libraries (Windows Build) to connect and stream RTSP Streams from IP Cameras, this works with no issues on Dahua, Hikvision, etc.
Pseudo code :
avformat_open_input (...)
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Achieving Precise 10-Minute Shutdowns for VLC Player
I need VLC player to shut down every 10 minutes, so I used this command: vlc -I {camAddress} --run-time=600 vlc://quit. However, it's not shutting down exactly after 10 minutes. I suspect this is ...
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Separating audio m4b file based on a cue file
Separating audio m4b file based on a cue file
How can I split an audio m4b into separate files using a cue file?
Note: The m4b file has no chapters that's why I need to use the cue file to split it.
I ...
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Split Videos and/or Image Sequences using Video Players
Say I am using a video player like mpv, PotPlayer, VLC, and MPC-HC. I created a segment of a video by setting Mark A and Mark B. Now I want to split that segment from the video or make an image ...
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Why does FFmpeg encoding stall on Ubuntu with DVD video file?
I've encountered a challenging issue while using FFmpeg on Ubuntu to encode a DVD video file contained in a .bin format. Despite various attempts (also employing vlc or bounting converted .iso), ...
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How to get rid of the small media player box on top left of screen with video area selection in VLC?
When I open up a video in the VLC media player, it automatically has a little box on the top left of the screen. It's like a miniature video player with a box I can drag around the area to focus the ...
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Why is it when an MKV video converted by FFmpeg to MP4 only plays on VLC media player?
I have a video in MKV format that I wanted to convert to MP4, so I used ffmpeg to convert it. The command I used was pretty simple:
ffmpeg -i <path_and_name_of_file>.mkv <...
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How to Limit the Playback bar to 10 minutes in vlc player
I've been streaming an IP camera using VLC player, and after a few days, the streaming stops. It seems like the playback bar, which stores data for rewind purposes, gets too long and consumes too much ...
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How to change the default action, in the called app, per file type in Windows 10?
I use Windows 10 and the default action when double-clicking on a MP3 file is to open it with VLC. However, the file just gets added to the playlist, without playing it. I'd like the default option ...
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How to fix command-line VLC `AudioObjectAddPropertyListener` errors
$ vlc -Z --play-and-exit my_music.mp4
VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari (revision 3.0.20-0-g6f0d0ab126)
[00007fec32124770] macosx interface error: Updater aborted with error 1001
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Analyze AVI for audio with ffmpeg
I'm new to using ffmpeg. I have some AVI files that I believe should have audio, but I cannot get the audio to play with VLC. I tried using ffmpeg to analyze the AVI files for audio.
import ...
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VLC as RTSP Server (Windows) - Authentication not working
I know there is another thread with a similar question, but was recommended create a new one.
With VLC, I am opening a file or a RTSP stream from a camera and restream it with VLC RTSP. I tried a lot ...
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WEBVTT usage with correct X-TIMESTAMP-MAP such that VLC will synchronize
I have a VTT subtitle file where the first lines looks like the following
WEBVTT
X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:1810830,LOCAL:00:00:00.000
00:35:43.618 --> 00:35:46.138
Because the sub titles in fact ...
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MPEGTS across devices has choppy audio
I want to stream video and its audio between devices. On my pc I am transmitting it using
ffmpeg -re -i "video.mp4" -vcodec libx264 -f mpegts udp://192.168.1.106:1234?pkt_size=1316
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Why does the same .mov flicker on VLC on one Windows laptop, but not on another?
Today, I used IObit Driver Booster to update drivers on Lenovo Y700 Touch-15ISK and IdeaPad Gaming 3 laptops.
Then I went on iCloud.com, and downloaded the same MOV to both laptops.
Finally, I ...
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How to put thumbnail on the video?
Does someone knows how to put thumbnail on the video? I have local files on my windows' laptop, but there are no thumbnails on it, so someone knows how to put thumbnails on it?
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How do I crop to an arbitrary aspect ratio in VLC media player?
The VLC crop settings only contain some aspect ratios. How can I crop to something not listed?
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How to tell VLC to use a different set of configuration files? [closed]
I have a 3 monitor setup. I want to run VLC 3 instances to 3 different monitors.
I setup my preference and copied the vlcrc and vlc-qt-interface.ini file to a folder say vlc2 and I tried running a ....
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How can I play multiple videos in VLC with a specified delay between them?
I've just read the VLC-based answer to this question:
How to play multiple videos side-by-side synchronized?
... and it works for me. However, I now want to play one of the videos at a delay. How can ...
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Task Scheduler no longer running VBS script
so I've been trying to get VLC player to skip to the next file at a specific time (10am). I've got the following script that worked fine for a few days, and then stopped completely.
Set WshShell = ...
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VLC Streams at Higher Sample Rate But Transcodes and Saves to Lower
I am trying to transcode an mpeg4audio stream from a radio station and save the file. I have a headless server I am trying to use cvlc with in order to transcode and save the Stream to a file. Here is ...
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VLC for macOS command line audio delay
I have a bunch of videos that have both audio and subtitles delayed by half a second. I can play them on VLC and manually adjust it by pressing F 10 times and H 10 times, but I'd like to automate that ...
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