Could you please share some logs? Reproduce the issue and then go to: Settings > Advanced > Debug logs. Then share the logs with the sharing service you prefer (Google Drive, Dropbox, pastebin...).
To help you, we need
messages, to completely understand what your
problems is.
From windows command line or linux or macos terminal, launch vlc with options
-vv and
--logfile=file- Windows example: vlc.exe -vv --logfile=c:\vlclog.txt
- Linux example: vlc -vv --logfile=vlclog.txt, or vlc -vv 2>&1 > logfile.txt
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.
07-24 02:24:56.359 E/VLC (27261): [0000007422624290/7026] libvlc input: Your input can't be opened
07-24 02:24:56.359 E/VLC (27261): [0000007422624290/7026] libvlc input: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'sftp://
xxxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxx/home/xxxxx'. Check the log for details.
07-24 02:24:56.372 E/VLC (27261): [0000007494148fd0/702f] libvlc demux: Couldn't find device name.
07-24 02:24:56.373 E/VLC (27261): [0000007494148fd0/702f] libvlc demux: DVDOpenFilePath:findDVDFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
07-24 02:24:56.373 W/VLC (27261): [0000007494148fd0/702f] libvlc demux: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
07-24 02:24:56.373 E/VLC (27261): [0000007494148fd0/702f] libvlc demux: vm: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
07-24 02:24:56.373 W/VLC (27261): [0000007494148fd0/702f] libvlc demux: cannot open DVD (/storage/emulated/0/Download)
07-24 02:24:56.421 E/VLC (27261): [0000007494148fd0/7032] libvlc demux: Couldn't find device name.
07-24 02:24:56.421 E/VLC (27261): [0000007494148fd0/7032] libvlc demux: DVDOpenFilePath:findDVDFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
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