File reading failed: VLC could not read the file (m)

[imanizzati]

Firstly, I downloaded a folder of 43 hardsubbed AVI-format videos and when I played it using the old version of VLC, it crashed. So, I deleted the old VLC and downloaded v2.0.3 and at first, everything was fine. Then, I transferred the files to my harddisk and during the playbacks, certain videos would get stuck at the same place and crash the app entirely. The error was: 'File reading failed: VLC could not read the file (m)'

I'm using a Macbook Pro v 10.7.3 with 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and memory of 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3.
The following is the crash log:

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freetype debug: looking for Arial Unicode MS
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freetype debug: found /Library/Fonts/Arial Unicode.ttf
freetype debug: Using Arial Unicode MS as font from file /Library/Fonts/Arial Unicode.ttf
freetype debug: using fontsize: 2
main debug: using text renderer module "freetype"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.125 ms - Total 2.125 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.125 ms)
main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates
swscale debug: 32x32 chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 chroma: RGBA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality)
main debug: using video filter2 module "swscale"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.518 ms - Total 0.518 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.518 ms)
main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates
yuvp debug: YUVP to YUVA converter
main debug: using video filter2 module "yuvp"
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macosx debug: returning videoview with x=0, y=36, width=640, height=480
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auhal debug: DevID: 34 DevName: Built-in Output
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auhal debug: supported format: [48000.000000][mcpl][4][8][1][8][2][24]
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auhal debug: supported format: [96000.000000][mcpl][9][8][1][8][2][32]
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auhal debug: supported format: [48000.000000][mcpl][9][8][1][8][2][32]
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auhal debug: layout of AUHAL has 2 channels
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auhal debug: VLC will output: Stereo
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auhal debug: analog output successfully opened
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main debug: input 'a52 ' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1536 samples/768 bytes
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scaletempo debug: params: 30 stride, 0.200 overlap, 14 search
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main debug: using audio filter module "a52tofloat32"
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main debug: Stream buffering done (3350 ms in 64 ms)
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 640x480 window
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main debug: TIMER module_need() : 68.534 ms - Total 68.534 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 68.534 ms)
main debug: original format sz 640x480, of (0,0), vsz 640x480, 4cc I420, sar 1:1, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0
main debug: removing module "freetype"
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freetype debug: looking for Arial Unicode MS
freetype debug: found /Library/Fonts/Arial Unicode.ttf
freetype debug: Using Arial Unicode MS as font from file /Library/Fonts/Arial Unicode.ttf
freetype debug: using fontsize: 2
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main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.371 ms - Total 1.371 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.371 ms)
avcodec debug: using direct rendering
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main warning: PTS is out of range (-9965), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (-34882), dropping buffer
main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-40997 us)
main warning: not synchronized (-40997 us), resampling
main warning: buffer too early (-42997), down-sampling
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 640x480 window
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main warning: early picture skipped
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filesystem error: failed to read (Input/output error)
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 3333 ms)
main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
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[ajmas]

when you say 'crash' do you mean VLC exits, with a dialogue asking to send a report to Apple? If you do, then could you send the text from that dialogue?

Also, could you see if Handbrake is capable of converting it? Handbrake is meant to leverage libVLC, and for some strange reason manages to convert files that VLC doesn't manage to playback in certain situations.

[fkuehne]

Please check your harddrive. This is not normal. Either your files corrupted during the copying or your harddrive got severe hardware issues.

[punkrox646]

I'm having the same problem as well on a MacBook Pro v. 10.6.8. and using the 2.0.3 version of vlc. If I move a video from the location where it was download to my external harddrive it come up with the same thing and the video either stops and goes to the playlist menu or if I have a play list created it skips the the next video.

[punkrox646]

found a way to work around this problem, if i download the videos directly to my external hard drive then the videos play with perfect and this message does not come up.

[ajmas]

I am going with Felix's take You should probably run a hard disk check.