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VLC not playing audio

Posted: 14 Dec 2023 14:35
by cubelov
Downloaded videos from former "Twitter" (X) have no sound when viewed using VLC.

Re: VLC not playing audio

Posted: 14 Dec 2023 15:08
by InTheWings
To help you, we need messages, to completely understand what your problems is.
To fix this, please be sure before you start the playback to:
  1. Open: Tools -> Messages.
  2. Set Verbosity to 2
  3. Start playback to reproduce your issue
  4. Save text in a file or copy into clipboard
  5. Then paste the full resulting log here between [​code]and[​/code] (or use Pastebin.com if it's too long)
Also don't forget to name your Operating System and provide the VLC media player version.

Re: VLC not playing audio

Posted: 14 Dec 2023 15:58
by cubelov
Operating System:
Windows 11 Home
version: 23H2
64-bit operating system

VLC Media Player version 3.0.20 Vetinari

Link to pastebin:
https://pastebin.com/DS0ivvyP

Re: VLC not playing audio

Posted: 14 Dec 2023 16:27
by Lotesdelere
A sample file is available in this thread:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=163699

and yes, I can reproduce the issue while it's playing fine with other players including FFplay.

Re: VLC not playing audio

Posted: 15 Dec 2023 02:59
by Gruko
I have no problem to play the sample file with VLC 3.0.20 Vetinari 64 bit, Win11 23H2

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Re: VLC not playing audio

Posted: 15 Dec 2023 19:31
by 5Laser
I have no problem to play the sample file with VLC 3.0.20 Vetinari 64 bit, Win11 23H2

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Thats weird. Are you using default vlc settings?
I have added another twitter file with issues in my original thread. Could you see if it also plays normally for you?

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 18#p541618

Re: VLC not playing audio

Posted: 16 Dec 2023 15:59
by Lotesdelere
Maybe because of this:

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Codec ID : iso5 (iso6/mp41)

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mp4 debug: unrecognized major media specification (iso5).

If I simply remux the file with FFmpeg I'm getting this:

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Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)

and then it's playing fine with VLC.

Re: VLC not playing audio

Posted: 18 Dec 2023 11:44
by InTheWings
Typical "I don't give a f*** about the MP4 specs"

The audio is not interleaved in the fragmented MP4, but only arrives in the LATEST fragment.
That shouldn't be playable.

Re: VLC not playing audio

Posted: 18 Dec 2023 11:57
by Lotesdelere
The audio is not interleaved in the fragmented MP4, but only arrives in the LATEST fragment.
That shouldn't be playable.

Well, as a matter of fact it's playable with any other player I've tried, including FFplay which is not throwing any error message at all:

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Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\Temp\Samples\Jaguar hunting-t=163699.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : iso5 minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: iso6mp41 Duration: 00:01:43.23, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1365 kb/s Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 1280x720, 1232 kb/s, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 2400k tbn (default) Metadata: handler_name : Twitter-vork muxer vendor_id : [0][0][0][0] Stream #0:1[0x2](und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default) Metadata: handler_name : Twitter-vork muxer vendor_id : [0][0][0][0] 15.69 A-V: -0.023 fd= 0 aq= 16KB vq= 218KB sq= 0B f=0/0

Re: VLC not playing audio

Posted: 19 Dec 2023 13:12
by 5Laser
Exactly.
How do all other players or even browsers play those files without any issues?