3.0 "VLC could not start, either the command line options were invalid or no plugins were found"

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3.0 "VLC could not start, either the command line options were invalid or no plugins were found"

Postby idiocracy » 22 Dec 2015 00:07

I've tried downloading many different builds, but they all come with the same error. Previous versions works fine. Any suggestions ?
VLC version, 3.0
OS, Win10 x64
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Re: 3.0 "VLC could not start, either the command line options were invalid or no plugins were found"

Postby idiocracy » 22 Dec 2015 14:18

Should've clarified that, so added it to OP. But no, i'm not running xp.

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Re: 3.0 "VLC could not start, either the command line options were invalid or no plugins were found"

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 22 Dec 2015 18:27

Try the 32-bits build maybe.
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Re: 3.0 "VLC could not start, either the command line options were invalid or no plugins were found"

Postby idiocracy » 22 Dec 2015 18:54

The 32 bit version gives the same error.

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Re: 3.0 "VLC could not start, either the command line options were invalid or no plugins were found"

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 22 Dec 2015 21:01

For the n-th time, use the .zip for NB.
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Re: 3.0 "VLC could not start, either the command line options were invalid or no plugins were found"

Postby Ludrax » 27 Dec 2015 11:46

Why not remove such installers to avoid problems of this type?
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