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I have new information on this (couldn't create a ticket though because I was unable to sign up), as it turns out the problem lies with file names and/or paths that are too long, renaming files and folders to make the names shorter makes the files playable.

I've tripled all the values in "Advanced/File Caching", but so far the issue remains. However moving the file to the desktop made it playable in VLC. Unfortunately that doesn't really help since I can't move all affected videos to the desktop, they are supposed to stay on the external HDD....

It's an external hdd connected via USB 3. I will try copying the file to the desktop and opening it then. Still I wonder why Windows Media Player has no issues playing the file...

This is the log https://justpaste.it/a80dl. The file can be played with Windows Media Player but not VLC. It happens with other files too, but so far only HEVC x265.

I have discovered that several videos which are encoded in HEVC x265 can not be opened by VLC, however it is giving me a "filesystem error" saying "(No such file or directory)". For some reason Windows Mediaplayer can open those same files without issue. Is there a way to fix thi...