Another MRL issue ~

[cbarker248]

***I managed to post this in the wrong forums, when a MOD catches that if they could move it, I would be grateful. Sorry and Thanks ***

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

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

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

VLC cannot access this file.

[cbarker248]

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

Cheers

[cbarker248]

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