VLC video conversion to empty video.

[Milton61]

I tried a fresh install of 3.0.3 already, but that's it.

When I try to convert a video, .avi, that's less than 2 seconds long, it just outputs a blank video.
while converting, the bar on the bottom goes through the whole clip, but nothing is shown on the screen even when I check the box. The output video isn't just audio, it just has no length. Idk what any of the log means, but if any of y'all could help that would be great.

qt debug: MRL(s) passed to the Sout: 1
qt debug: MRL(s) passed to the Sout: file:///C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi
qt debug: Transcode MRL: sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,scale=Auto,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=file{no-overwrite},mux=mp4,dst='C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man.mp4'}
main debug: deleting item `Converting file:///C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi'
main info: playlist is empty
main debug: nothing to play
main debug: processing request item: null, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: starting playback of new item
main debug: resyncing on Converting file:///C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi
main debug: Converting file:///C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'Converting file:///C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi'
main debug: requesting art for new input thread
main debug: using sout chain=`transcode{vcodec=h264,scale=Auto,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=file{no-overwrite},mux=mp4,dst='C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man.mp4'}'
main debug: stream=`std'
main debug: looking for sout stream module matching "std": 23 candidates
main debug: set config option: sout-standard-access to file{no-overwrite}
main debug: set config option: sout-standard-mux to mp4
main debug: set config option: sout-standard-dst to C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man.mp4
main debug: looking for sout access module matching "file": 10 candidates
main debug: set config option: sout-file-overwrite to (null)
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Milton\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
file debug: file access output opened (C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man.mp4)
main debug: using sout access module "file"
main debug: looking for sout mux module matching "mp4": 11 candidates
mp4 debug: Mp4 muxer opened
main debug: using sout mux module "mp4"
stream_out_standard debug: using `file{no-overwrite}/mp4://C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man.mp4'
main debug: using sout stream module "stream_out_standard"
main debug: stream=`transcode'
main debug: looking for sout stream module matching "transcode": 23 candidates
main debug: set config option: sout-transcode-vcodec to h264
main debug: set config option: sout-transcode-scale to Auto
main debug: set config option: sout-transcode-acodec to mpga
main debug: set config option: sout-transcode-ab to 128
main debug: set config option: sout-transcode-channels to 2
main debug: set config option: sout-transcode-samplerate to 44100
stream_out_transcode debug: Checking codec mapping for mpga got mpga
stream_out_transcode debug: codec audio=mpga 44100Hz 2 channels 128Kb/s
stream_out_transcode debug: Checking video codec mapping for h264 got h264
stream_out_transcode debug: codec video=h264 0x0 scaling: 0.000000 0kb/s
main debug: using sout stream module "stream_out_transcode"
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using timeshift path: C:\Users\Milton\AppData\Local\Temp
main debug: `file:///C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi' gives access `file' demux `any' path `/C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='any' location='/C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi' file='C:\Users\Milton\Desktop\Man_Large.avi'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "file": 15 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Milton\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access: file:///C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi
main debug: (path: C:\Users\Milton\Desktop\Man_Large.avi)
main debug: looking for access module matching "file": 26 candidates
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
main debug: using access module "filesystem"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "prefetch,cache_read": 24 candidates
cache_read debug: Using stream method for AStream*
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
cache_read debug: starting pre-buffering
cache_read debug: received first data after 0 ms
cache_read debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s
main debug: using stream_filter module "cache_read"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 24 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Milton\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_streams.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_xml.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\appletrailers.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\bbc_co_uk.luac
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Milton\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\cue.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\dailymotion.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Milton\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\jamendo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\koreus.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\liveleak.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\newgrounds.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\rockbox_fm_presets.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\soundcloud.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\twitch.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vimeo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vocaroo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.luac
main debug: no stream_filter modules matched
main debug: looking for stream_directory module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: no stream_directory modules matched
main debug: attachment of directory-extractor failed for file:///C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 24 candidates
main debug: using stream_filter module "record"
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='any' location='/C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi' file='C:\Users\Milton\Desktop\Man_Large.avi'
main debug: looking for demux module matching "avi": 55 candidates
avi debug:
avi debug:
avi debug:
avi debug:
avi debug:
avi warning: unknown chunk: FIEL (not loaded)
avi warning: unknown chunk: Cr8r (not loaded)
avi debug:
avi debug:
avi debug:
avi warning: unknown chunk: tc_O (not loaded)
avi warning: unknown chunk: tc_A (not loaded)
avi debug:
avi warning: unknown chunk: _PMX (not loaded)
avi debug: skipping movi chunk
avi debug:
avi debug: no more data at 435465520
avi debug: * LIST-root size:435465520 pos:0
avi debug: + RIFF-AVI size:435465512 pos:0
avi debug: | + LIST-hdrl size:192 pos:12
avi debug: | | + avih size:56 pos:24
avi debug: | | + LIST-strl size:116 pos:88
avi debug: | | | + strh size:56 pos:100
avi debug: | | | + strf size:40 pos:164
avi debug: | + FIEL size:18 pos:212
avi debug: | + Cr8r size:84 pos:238
avi debug: | + LIST-INFO size:84 pos:330
avi debug: | | + ICRD size:26 pos:342
avi debug: | | + ISFT size:38 pos:376
avi debug: | + LIST-Tdat size:44 pos:422
avi debug: | | + tc_O size:12 pos:434
avi debug: | | + tc_A size:12 pos:454
avi debug: | + _PMX size:4870 pos:474
avi debug: | + JUNK size:2460 pos:5352
avi debug: | + LIST-movi size:435456564 pos:7820
avi debug: | + idx1 size:1120 pos:435464392
avi debug: AVIH: 1 stream, flags HAS_INDEX
avi debug: stream[0] rate:30 scale:1 samplesize:0
avi debug: stream[0] video( ) 1920x1080 24bpp 30.000000fps
main debug: selecting program id=0
avi debug: selected standard index for stream[0]
avi debug: stream[0] created 70 index entries
avi debug: stream[0] length:2 (based on index)
main debug: using demux module "avi"
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in C:\Users\Milton\Desktop\
main debug: looking for packetizer module matching "any": 24 candidates
main debug: using packetizer module "rawvideo"
main debug: starting in sync mode
main debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Milton\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.luac
main debug: no meta reader modules matched
main debug: `file:///C:/Users/Milton/Desktop/Man_Large.avi' successfully opened
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 8%
main debug: switching to async mode
main debug: Buffering 16%
main debug: adding a new sout input for `RV24` (sout_input: 0000000003e8bb40)
stream_out_transcode debug: creating video transcoding from fcc=`RV24' to fcc=`h264'
main debug: looking for video decoder module matching "any": 17 candidates
main debug: using video decoder module "rawvideo"
main debug: looking for encoder module matching "any": 23 candidates
x264 debug: version x264 0.148.X
x264 info: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 AVX2 LZCNT BMI2
x264 info: profile High, level 4.0
main debug: using encoder module "x264"
main debug: removing module "x264"
x264 debug: framecount still in libx264 buffer: 0
main debug: Buffering 25%
qt debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: Buffering 33%
main debug: Buffering 41%
main debug: Buffering 50%
main debug: Buffering 58%
main debug: Buffering 66%
main debug: Buffering 75%
main debug: Buffering 83%
main debug: Buffering 91%
main debug: Buffering 100%
main debug: Stream buffering done (325 ms in 133 ms)
main debug: Decoder wait done in 0 ms
stream_out_transcode debug: Checking if filter chain RV24 -> I420 is possible
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I422 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I420 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AB as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0FL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma RV32 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma BGRA as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AB as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0FL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I420 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I422 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma RV32 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma BGRA as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AB as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0FL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I420 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I422 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma RV32 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma BGRA as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0FL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AB as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I420 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I422 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma RV32 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma BGRA as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma RV32 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I420 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I422 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AB as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0FL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma BGRA as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma BGRA as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I420 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I422 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0AB as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma I0FL as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
chain debug: Trying to use chroma RV32 as middle man
main debug: looking for video converter module matching "any": 24 candidates
chain error: Too high level of recursion (3)
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
main debug: no video converter modules matched
main error: Failed to create video converter
stream_out_transcode debug: Filter chain testing done, input chroma seems to be not possible for transcode
avi warning: cannot get packet header, track disabled
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `RV24'
main debug: removing module "rawvideo"
main debug: removing a sout input (sout_input: 0000000003e8bb40)
main debug: removing module "rawvideo"
main debug: removing module "avi"
avi warning: unknown chunk: FIEL (not unloaded)
avi warning: unknown chunk: Cr8r (not unloaded)
avi warning: unknown chunk: tc_O (not unloaded)
avi warning: unknown chunk: tc_A (not unloaded)
avi warning: unknown chunk: _PMX (not unloaded)
main debug: removing module "record"
main debug: removing module "cache_read"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: dead input
main debug: destroying useless sout
main debug: destroying chain... (name=transcode)
main debug: removing module "stream_out_transcode"
main debug: destroying chain done
main debug: destroying chain... (name=std)
main debug: removing module "stream_out_standard"
main debug: removing module "mp4"
mp4 debug: Close
mp4 debug: movie duration 0s
main debug: removing module "file"
file debug: file access output closed
main debug: destroying chain done
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
qt debug: IM: Deleting the input

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

This is a known bug: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/20681

[VLAN went my file]

I'm an intermediate user and won't post a log file till advised it's useful.

I had this problem on Jan 23 2021 using version VLC 3.0.4 Vetinari (on W7/64). I followed steps from an advisory video online to rotate a video 180 degrees, and added a few additionals to process in batch. I got a popup about overwriting files vs. creating supplementals, and unwisely opted to save the space. VLC then announced multiple failures - and when I went to look at the originals, it had replaced my beautiful videos with 159-byte placeholders. I don't think I have recovery options. So two questions for anyone kind enough to reply:

Shouldn't this bug - if I'm correctly inferring it's the same thing - normally have been fixed two years later in 3.0.4?

Do I have any rescue options at all?