[CHallenge!] Impossible to change language in VLC !

[marcellus_w]

Hi there.

Well I know what you think. Yeah YOU ! A newbie ! Go to preferences and change the language !
Yeah I did. But i can't use any of them. Danish of french or spanish...
I tried the commadn line too. No change.
I tried to check my "regional" preference on the control panel. No problem.

SO what ? Am I the only person in this forum to have this problem?!!

HELP ! I'm becoming crazy with this

Thanx for your help guys.

M.

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[marcellus_w]

Very helpful.... Yeah i know we can all change the language preferences... But actually here it doesn't work. I use vlc since many years now... The problem just happen now, on my new computer configuration.
Any advice with WORDS ? !

Please help !
Thanx

[marcellus_w]

Ok I guess I'm the only one in this case sadly

[VLC_help]

But i can't use any of them.

What you mean? That VLC doesn't change the language when you select new one, press Save and restart VLC?

[marcellus_w]

That's right. And I don't know why ! All I know is that i try to uninstall it dozen of times and nothing changes...
Default is Auto. When I choose any languages the select show it - french for example - then save and exit and launch again... Still english.
But it says french...
Also i tried the command line -language but nothing happens. And as I said i think i'm the only one in this case!!! I checked my preferences for regional stuff in the control panel... nothing's wrong...

Any idea? Anyway thanx for te reply ! I thought my message was dead !

Hope to find an issue to that even if it's not THAT important. I prefered to have my native language even if english is not really a big problem

[VLC_help]

Close all vlc.exe instances. Then remove %appdata%\vlc folder. And then start VLC with your chosen language from command-line.

[marcellus_w]

Hi

Well I already did that. Did it again right now but same thing. Language is on french on the prefs but nothing change on the software.
Incredible ! And the computer is brand new with XP pro SP3, I'm a user of vlc since the beginning and i'm not a newbie. I don't understand what's wrong really as i tried to uninstall it, clean the registry etc... and then install it again. Same thing same bug.

Any idea?!

[Guppy49]

I just tried and it worked first time. I had not insisted so far (I wanted in English but I only had French because this is Windows default on my computer).
As far as I can see the language choice dropdown is only available in 'simple' mode Settings - perhaps I'm wrong, but I didn't notice it anywhere in Advanced Settings.

[marcellus_w]

In advanced settings it's on the interface menu. I'm on french now but still in english though...
It's driving me crazy ! Even if it's just a detail...

[VLC_help]

Could you start VLC from command-line with -vvv and chosen language option and then paste messages here? Uninstall/reinstall doesn't always remove all VLC settings. That is why I recommend removing %appdata%\vlc folder manually.

[marcellus_w]

You want me to launch the vlc from command line with :
vlc -xxx -language fr that's right ?
I tried but i have no message ?

[VLC_help]

You should see them at Tools -> Messages...

[marcellus_w]

I deleted the vlc config in "application data" then I typed in command line : vlc -vvv --language fr
Then I copy pasted the messages in the tools menu :

main debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU
main debug: looking for memcpy module: 3 candidates
main debug: using memcpy module "memcpymmxext"
main debug: thread 4532 (Interaction control) created at priority 0 (../../src/interface/interaction.c:382)
main debug: thread started
main debug: waiting for thread initialization
main debug: thread started
main debug: thread 4596 (preparser) created at priority 0 (../../src/playlist/thread.c:79)
main debug: waiting for thread initialization
main debug: thread started
main debug: thread 4612 (fetcher) created at priority 0 (../../src/playlist/thread.c:108)
main debug: waiting for thread initialization
main debug: thread started
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1
main debug: thread 4616 (playlist) created at priority 0 (../../src/playlist/thread.c:117)
main debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
main debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 0,000 ms - Total 0,000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0,000 ms)
main debug: thread 4636 (interface) created at priority 0 (../../src/interface/interface.c:168)
main debug: thread started
main info: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
main debug: looking for interface module: 3 candidates
main debug: using interface module "qt4"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 0,000 ms - Total 0,000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0,000 ms)
main debug: thread 4664 (interface) created at priority 0 (../../src/interface/interface.c:168)
main debug: thread started
main debug: opening config file (C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\Application Data\vlc\vlcrc)
main debug: opening config file (C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\Application Data\vlc\vlcrc)
qt4 debug: Error while initializing qt-specific localization

[VLC_help]

qt4 debug: Error while initializing qt-specific localization

That might explain the QT4 issues.

Does

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vlc -vvv --reset-config --reset-plugins-cache --language=fr

work any better?

[marcellus_w]

Nope
Same thing. English Language on the software but french is selected in the interface preference.
Incredible !!!!

And I'm sorry VLC_help to annoy you

[VLC_help]

So only language that you can get to work is English?

[marcellus_w]

Absolutely
Even in auto it's english.

[VLC_help]

How many files you have in your vlc\languages folder?

[marcellus_w]

I don't have vlc/language folder
I have a "locale" folder where there are plenty of (55 exactly) folders (ar, bg, fr for example).

[VLC_help]

You use VLC 0.9.9?

[marcellus_w]

Yes...

[VLC_help]

If those folders under locale contain LC_MESSAGES subdirectory and vlc.mo files, I don't know where the problem comes.

[marcellus_w]

Yes every is fine in this folder.

Well i guess we can't find any solution to this problem!

Thanx anyway