The VideoLAN Forums

I'm having trouble getting mp4 files to play. I'm pretty sure the file itself is fine, due to its extremely widespread acceptance. Any insight greatly appreciated. Running Windows 7, newest version of VLC.

access_mms debug: HTTP reply 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK'
access_mms debug: content-length = 1179
access_mms error: invalid chunk FATAL (0x3f3c)
access_mms debug: complete header size=0
access_mms error: header size == 0
main debug: no access module matching "http" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 15065.259 ms - Total 15065.259 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 15065.258 ms)
main error: no suitable access module for `http://services.tvrage.com/feeds/search.php?show=Dexter'
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 15074.372 ms - Total 15074.372 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 15074.371 ms)
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for Dexter S07E01
main debug: looking for art finder module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 90.138 ms - Total 90.138 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 90.138 ms)
main debug: art not found for Dexter.S07E01.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4
main debug: adding item `Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4' ( file:///C:/Users/Tom/Videos/Dexter%20S07/Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4 )
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: file:///C:/Users/Tom/Videos/Dexter%20S07/Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 2 items, index 0
main debug: processing request item: Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4
main debug: Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4 is at 1
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4
main debug: Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4 is at 1
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4'
main debug: Creating an input for 'Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `file:///C:/Users/Tom/Videos/Dexter%20S07/Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4' gives access `file' demux `' path `/C:/Users/Tom/Videos/Dexter%20S07/Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/C:/Users/Tom/Videos/Dexter%20S07/Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4' file='C:\Users\Tom\Videos\Dexter S07\Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 3 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.917 ms - Total 0.917 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.917 ms)
main debug: creating access 'file' location='/C:/Users/Tom/Videos/Dexter%20S07/Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4', path='C:\Users\Tom\Videos\Dexter S07\Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4'
main debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates
filesystem debug: opening file `C:\Users\Tom\Videos\Dexter S07\Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4'
main debug: using access module "filesystem"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.765 ms - Total 0.765 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.765 ms)
main debug: Using stream method for AStream*
main debug: starting pre-buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 7936 KiB/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates
main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.445 ms - Total 0.445 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.445 ms)
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate
main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.291 ms - Total 0.291 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.291 ms)
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/C:/Users/Tom/Videos/Dexter%20S07/Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4' file='C:\Users\Tom\Videos\Dexter S07\Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4'
main debug: looking for demux module: 55 candidates
ts debug: TS module discarded (lost sync)
mod debug: MOD validation failed (ext=mp4)
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_streams.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_xml.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\appletrailers.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\bbc_co_uk.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\break.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\canalplus.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\cue.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\dailymotion.luac
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\extreme.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\france2.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\googlevideo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\jamendo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\joox.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\katsomo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\koreus.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\lelombrik.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\metacafe.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\metachannels.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\mpora.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\pinkbike.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\pluzz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\rockbox_fm_presets.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\soundcloud.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vimeo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube_homepage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\zapiks.luac
avcodec debug: trying url: C:\Users\Tom\Videos\Dexter S07\Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4
avcodec debug: couldn't guess format
vobsub debug: this doesn't seem to be a vobsub file
ps warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, continuing anyway
main debug: using demux module "ps"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 35.838 ms - Total 35.838 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 35.838 ms)
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in C:\Users\Tom\Videos\Dexter S07\
main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.luac
main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.387 ms - Total 1.387 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.387 ms)
main debug: `file:///C:/Users/Tom/Videos/Dexter%20S07/Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4' successfully opened
ps warning: garbage at input, trying to resync...
ps warning: found sync code
ps warning: garbage at input, trying to resync...
main debug: selecting program id=0
ps warning: found sync code
main debug: looking for decoder module: 32 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.356 ms - Total 0.356 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.356 ms)
mpeg_audio debug: waiting for PTS
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: finished input
main debug: removing module "mpeg_audio"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpga', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "ps"
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2)
main debug: nothing to play
main debug: meta ok for Dexter S07E02, need to fetch art
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module: 1 candidate
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
main debug: creating access 'http' location='services.tvrage.com/feeds/search.php?show=Dexter', path='\\services.tvrage.com\feeds\search.php?show=Dexter'
main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
access_http debug: http: server='services.tvrage.com' port=80 file='/feeds/search.php?show=Dexter'
main debug: net: connecting to services.tvrage.com port 80
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4' : 45.325 ms - Total 45.325 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 45.325 ms)
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 2212)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 403
access_http error: error: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
access_http debug: switching to HTTP version 1.0
main debug: net: connecting to services.tvrage.com port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1844)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 403
access_http error: error: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
main debug: net: connecting to services.tvrage.com port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1844)
access_mms debug: HTTP reply 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK'
access_mms debug: content-length = 1179
access_mms error: invalid chunk FATAL (0x3f3c)
access_mms debug: complete header size=0
access_mms error: header size == 0
main debug: no access module matching "http" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 6525.949 ms - Total 6525.949 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 6525.949 ms)
main error: no suitable access module for `http://services.tvrage.com/feeds/search.php?show=Dexter'
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 6528.142 ms - Total 6528.142 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 6528.142 ms)
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for Dexter S07E02
main debug: looking for art finder module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 8.800 ms - Total 8.800 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 8.800 ms)
main debug: art not found for Dexter.S07E02.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mp4

May be it is a corrupt file. Somewhere in the download process the file has been damaged enough to no longer be recognised as a playable file. It happens.