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I just downloaded VLC media player yesterday, and i was watching dvds just fine for a couple hours until it froze and booted me off randomly. I tried to play it again but it says "Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd://E:\'. Check the log for details."

How can I fix this? I have Vista, and I downloaded the update so I have 1.0.5 i think is what it is.

And I dont know where this 'log'' they speak of is kept...heh

And I dont know where this 'log'' they speak of is kept...heh

Tools -> Messages... (set Verbosity to 2)

Can you browse the disc content via Windows Explorer?

I'm having the exact problem (using windows XP). I was watching a DVD at the weekend and now I get the exact same error message. I cannot explore the DVD in Windows Explorer either - it just says "DVD-RAM drive (F:)" and when I open or explore it I just get nothing.

I checked the log and got this:-

main debug: adding item `dvd://F' ( dvd://F:\ )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item dvd://F node null skip 0
main debug: resyncing on dvd://F
main debug: dvd://F is at 0
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd://F'
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: dvd://F:\
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:230)
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\DOCUME~1\Kamran\LOCALS~1\Temp'
main debug: `dvd://F:\' gives access `dvd' demux `' path `F:\'
main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='' path='F:\'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 2 candidates
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
dvdnav warning: cannot open dvdnav
dvdread warning: cannot open VMG info
main warning: no access_demux module matching "dvd" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 307.000 ms - Total 307.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 307.000 ms)
main debug: creating access 'dvd' path='F:\'
main debug: looking for access module: 0 candidates
main error: no access module matched "dvd"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms)
main error: open of `dvd://F:\' failed: no access module matched "dvd"
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: thread times: real 0m0.312500s, kernel 0m0.015625s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'dvd://F' : 396.000 ms - Total 396.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 396.000 ms)

And I dont know where this 'log'' they speak of is kept...heh

Tools -> Messages... (set Verbosity to 2)

Can you browse the disc content via Windows Explorer?

Ok, I set verbosity to 2..
And yes, I can explore the DVD! I tried to open one of the files in there..I tried an ifo file which didnt work at all, then i tried a vob file which did bring up a black screen but nothing else.

I cannot explore the DVD in Windows Explorer either - it just says "DVD-RAM drive (F:)" and when I open or explore it I just get nothing.

If you cannot browse the disc content, VLC cannot open it either.

rubyred78291: Open Log before doing anything else, then open the disc via Media -> Open Disc... and tell us what the errors are.

I cannot explore the DVD in Windows Explorer either - it just says "DVD-RAM drive (F:)" and when I open or explore it I just get nothing.

If you cannot browse the disc content, VLC cannot open it either.

rubyred78291: Open Log before doing anything else, then open the disc via Media -> Open Disc... and tell us what the errors are.

Okay...so this morning it started working, but pretty glitchy. And I also just watched about an hour worth but it would freeze frequently to 'buffer'. It wasnt so glitchy before...but i did the error test anyway, here it is:

main debug: Buffering 50%
main debug: Buffering 51%
main debug: Buffering 52%
main debug: Buffering 52%
main debug: Buffering 53%
main debug: Buffering 53%
main debug: Buffering 54%
main debug: Buffering 54%
main debug: Buffering 55%
main debug: Buffering 55%
main debug: Buffering 56%
main debug: Buffering 56%
main debug: Buffering 57%
main debug: Buffering 57%
main debug: Buffering 58%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 60%
main debug: looking for decoder module: 35 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "a52"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 12.000 ms - Total 12.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 12.000 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 2 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:315)
main debug: thread started
main debug: Buffering 60%
a52 info: A/52 channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:192000
main debug: Stream buffering done (564 ms in 125 ms)
main debug: thread (fontlist builder) created at priority 0 (../../.././modules/misc/freetype.c:480)
freetype debug: using fontsize: 2
main debug: using text renderer module "freetype"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 50.000 ms - Total 50.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 50.000 ms)
main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 20 candidates
main debug: thread started
freetype debug: Building font database...
freetype debug: Finished building font database.
freetype debug: Took 4000 microseconds
main debug: thread ended
swscale debug: 32x32 chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 chroma: YUVA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality)
main debug: using video filter2 module "swscale"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 47.000 ms - Total 47.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 47.000 ms)
main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 20 candidates
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
yuvp debug: YUVP to YUVA converter
main debug: using video filter2 module "yuvp"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 227.000 ms - Total 227.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 227.000 ms)
main debug: crop: 67,33,160,133, palette forced: 1
main debug: window size: 720x540
main debug: looking for video output module: 7 candidates
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
direct3d debug: creating Vout EventThread
main debug: thread (Vout Events Thread) created at priority 0 (../../../.././modules/video_output/msw/direct3d.c:218)
main debug: thread started
direct3d debug: DirectXCreateWindow
main debug: looking for hwnd module: 3 candidates
qt4 debug: requesting video...
qt4 debug: Video was requested -1, -1
qt4 debug: Video is resizing to: 720 540
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: using hwnd module "qt4"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 31.000 ms - Total 31.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 31.000 ms)
direct3d debug: created video sub-window
direct3d debug: Vout EventThread running
direct3d debug: disabling screen saver
main debug: using video output module "direct3d"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 664.000 ms - Total 664.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 664.000 ms)
main debug: Deinterlacing available
direct3d debug: Direct3D device adapter successfully initialized
direct3d debug: selected surface pixel format is YUY2
direct3d debug: 1 Direct3D pictures created successfully
direct3d debug: Direct3D scene created successfully
main debug: got 1 direct buffer(s)
main debug: pic render sz 720x480, of (0,0), vsz 720x480, 4cc I420, ar 4:3, sar 8:9, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0
main debug: pic in sz 720x480, of (0,0), vsz 720x480, 4cc I420, ar 4:3, sar 8:9, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0
main debug: pic out sz 720x480, of (0,0), vsz 720x480, 4cc YUY2, ar 4:3, sar 8:9, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0
main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 20 candidates
main debug: using video filter2 module "i420_yuy2_sse2"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: indirect render, mapping render pictures 0-15 to system pictures 1-16
main debug: creating aout
main debug: looking for audio output module: 3 candidates
main warning: dts != current_pts (-467132)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
freetype debug: using fontsize: 30
main debug: looking for video blending module: 1 candidate
aout_directx debug: OpenAudio
qt4 debug: Qt: Entering Fullscreen
blend debug: chroma: YUVA -> YUY2
main debug: using video blending module "blend"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 121.000 ms - Total 121.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 121.000 ms)
aout_directx debug: found device: Primary Sound Driver
aout_directx debug: found device: Speakers / Headphones (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
aout_directx debug: found device: Digital Output Device (S/PDIF) (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
aout_directx debug: found device: Digital Output Device (HDMI) (High Definition Audio Device)
aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels (DEFAULT!)
aout_directx debug: device supports 1 channel
aout_directx debug: Windows says your SpeakerConfig is stereo
aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread
main debug: thread (DirectSound Notification Thread) created at priority 15 (../../.././modules/audio_output/directx.c:427)
main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 305.000 ms - Total 305.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 305.000 ms)
main debug: output 's16l' 48000 Hz Dolby frame=1 samples/4 bytes
main debug: mixer 'fl32' 48000 Hz Dolby frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'s16l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Dolby->Dolby
main debug: thread started
aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread ready
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "converter_float"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 172.000 ms - Total 172.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 172.000 ms)
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 3 candidates
main debug: using audio mixer module "float32_mixer"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 11.000 ms - Total 11.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 11.000 ms)
main debug: input 'a52 ' 48000 Hz Dolby frame=1536 samples/768 bytes
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 1 candidate
scaletempo warning: bad input or output format
main warning: no audio filter module matching "scaletempo" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 16.000 ms - Total 16.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 16.000 ms)
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 1 candidate
scaletempo debug: format: 48000 rate, 2 nch, 4 bps, fl32
scaletempo debug: params: 30 stride, 0.200 overlap, 14 search
scaletempo debug: 1.000 scale, 1440.000 stride_in, 1440 stride_out, 1152 standing, 288 overlap, 672 search, 2400 queue, fl32 mode
main debug: using audio filter module "scaletempo"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: filter(s) 'a52 '->'fl32' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Dolby->Dolby
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "a52tofloat32"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 4.000 ms - Total 4.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.000 ms)
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'fl32' 52800 Hz->48000 Hz Dolby->Dolby
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "bandlimited_resampler"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 1527 ms
main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (65501)
main warning: buffer is 65501 late, triggering upsampling
main warning: resampling stopped after 14241000 usec (drift: 562)

rubyred78291: could you also paste earlier message lines?

Oops..
So now it isnt opening at all, as before.

main debug: adding item `dvd://E' ( dvd://E:\ )
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: dvd://E:\
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 3 items, index 1
main debug: processing request item dvd://E node null skip 0
main debug: resyncing on dvd://E
main debug: dvd://E is at 2
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'dvd://E'
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:230)
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\Kelly\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `dvd://E:\' gives access `dvd' demux `' path `E:\'
main debug: creating demux: access='dvd' demux='' path='E:\'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 2 candidates
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
dvdnav warning: cannot open dvdnav
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
dvdread warning: cannot open VMG info
main warning: no access_demux module matching "dvd" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 90.000 ms - Total 90.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 90.000 ms)
main debug: creating access 'dvd' path='E:\'
main debug: looking for access module: 0 candidates
main error: no access module matched "dvd"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main error: open of `dvd://E:\' failed: no access module matched "dvd"
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: thread times: real 0m0.089842s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: changing item without a request (current 2/3)
main debug: nothing to play
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'dvd://E' : 196.000 ms - Total 196.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 196.000 ms)

rubyred78291: that happens with all DVD movies?

I am experiencing exactly the same.
When I try to play SOME DVDs (not all of them), VLC shows the error:

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd://D:\'. Check the log for details.

The log is:
Remark: I can normally view the contents of the DVDs, they are fine in Windows. I can play'em without problems using KMPlayer, Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player, etc.

My system is Win 7 x64.

PS.: A few months ago I used to run VLC in a x86 Windows 7 and, so far, I had never experienced such problems. Maybe it is the system x64. I'll try to play these DVDs using a virtual x86 system.