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Hello all, registered to post on this as I've had no luck searching for answers. The few follow ups I have been able to find seem to reference firewall settings. Let me say that I do not run a firewall on my computer. It is a Windows 7, with the most recent updates.

The strange thing is I have had this error on several files, all of which I have previously viewed with VLC.

Any assistance would be appreciated. Thank you.

VLC Version - 2.0.4 Twoflower

Here is the verbose message setting capture from when trying to open the file. Thanks.

main debug: processing request item: 1.mkv, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on 1.mkv
main debug: 1.mkv is at 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on 1.mkv
main debug: 1.mkv is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for '1.mkv'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\Charles\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `file:///C:/1.mkv' gives access `file' demux `' path `/C:/1.mkv'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/C:/1.mkv' file='C:\1.mkv'
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() : 0.344 ms - Total 0.344 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.344 ms)
main debug: creating access 'file' location='/C:/1.mkv', path='C:\1.mkv'
main debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates
filesystem debug: opening file `C:\1.mkv'
filesystem error: failed to read (One or more parameters are invalid)
main debug: no access module matching "file" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.257 ms - Total 0.257 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.257 ms)
main error: open of `file:///C:/1.mkv' failed
main debug: dead input
main debug: TIMER input launching for '1.mkv' : 1.695 ms - Total 1.695 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.695 ms)
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play

filesystem error: failed to read (One or more parameters are invalid)

VLC cannot access this file.

Is there any reason VLC would not recognize this file now? It has opened it before without issue.

Cheers

Well, a heads up. I found a work around, I think.

I was able to open the file using the below method.

Right click, open with > Firefox.

When the popup to save/use VLC came up I chose save, and resaved the file to a new location (in this instance from my D drive to my desktop).

Newly created file on desktop is now playable. Recopy to original destination overwriting old file. All is well again.

Cheers