VLC starts but won't play any file

[manupeg]

Hi,
For some reasons I don't know, VLC stopped playing files, whether it's music or video, FLAC or MP3. VLC will start normally, show, display the total lenght of the file, but the actual playing won't start.
I've tried reinstalling it, rolling back my video driver to a previous version, reseting VLC's parameters, nothing fixed it.
If I use the "vlc -A dummy" command line, VLC will start and play a file, but with no sound
Some help would be welcomed.
I'm running VLC 3.0.20 on Windows 11.

[Lotesdelere]

First, reboot your computer.
Uninstall VLC.
Then delete the whole C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\ folder if it's still exists, it might be C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\ if you're using the 32-bit version.
Also delete the whole %APPDATA%\vlc\ folder.

Once done, reboot again and reinstall latest version of VLC, v3.0.20 as of today.

[manupeg]

Did that, same result.

[Lotesdelere]

Please run VLC from the command prompt with this command line for creating a log file:

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C:\path\to\vlc\vlc.exe --extraintf=logger --verbose=2 --logfile=C:\temp\vlc.log --logmode=text --file-logging

and then paste the full resulting log here or on Pastebin.com or on Justpaste.it if it's too long.

The destination folder must already exist and make sure that you have full access rights to it.

[manupeg]

Hop you go.

If that's of any use, closing Vlc won't stop it. I have to kill the process in the task manager.

-- logger module started --
main debug: VLC media player - 3.0.20 Vetinari
main debug: Copyright © 1996-2023 the VideoLAN team
main debug: revision 3.0.20-0-g6f0d0ab126
main debug: configured with /builds/videolan/vlc/extras/package/win32/../../../configure '--enable-update-check' '--enable-lua' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-avcodec' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-dca' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-libass' '--enable-schroedinger' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-live555' '--enable-shout' '--enable-goom' '--enable-sse' '--enable-mmx' '--enable-libcddb' '--enable-zvbi' '--disable-telx' '--enable-nls' '--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32' '--with-contrib=../contrib/x86_64-w64-mingw32' '--with-breakpad=https://win.crashes.videolan.org' '--enable-qt' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-dvdread' '--enable-caca' 'host_alias=x86_64-w64-mingw32' 'CFLAGS= -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0502 -DWINVER=0x502 -D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x700 ' 'CXXFLAGS= -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0502 -DWINVER=0x502 -D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x700 ' 'PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config' 'PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/x86_64-w64-mingw32/pkgconfig'
main debug: using multimedia timers as clock source
main debug: min period: 1 ms, max period: 1000000 ms
main debug: searching plug-in modules
main debug: loading plugins cache file c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\plugins.dat
main debug: recursively browsing `c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins'
main debug: plug-ins loaded: 497 modules
main debug: opening config file (C:\Users\Familly\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlcrc)
main debug: looking for logger module matching "any": 2 candidates
file debug: opening logfile `C:\temp\vlc.log'
main debug: using logger module "file"
main debug: translation test: code is "en_GB"
main debug: looking for keystore module matching "memory": 3 candidates
main debug: using keystore module "memory"
main debug: CPU has capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 FPU
main debug: creating audio output
main debug: looking for audio output module matching "any": 6 candidates
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: display name changed: VLC media player (LibVLC 3.0.20)
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
main debug: using audio output module "mmdevice"
main debug: keeping audio output
main debug: looking for interface module matching "logger,none": 16 candidates
logger error: The logger interface no longer exists.
logger: As of VLC version 0.9.0, use --file-logging to write logs to a file.
main debug: no interface modules matched
main error: no suitable interface module
main error: interface "logger,none" initialization failed
main debug: looking for interface module matching "hotkeys,none": 16 candidates
main debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
main debug: looking for interface module matching "globalhotkeys,none": 16 candidates
main debug: using interface module "win32"
main: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
main debug: looking for interface module matching "any": 16 candidates
main debug: creating access: http://update.videolan.org/vlc/status-win-x64
main debug: (path: \\update.videolan.org\vlc\status-win-x64)
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 27 candidates
main debug: looking for extension module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Opening Lua Extension module
http debug: resolving update.videolan.org ...
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Familly\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\extensions
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\VLSub.luac
lua debug: Scanning Lua script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\VLSub.luac
lua debug: Script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\VLSub.luac has the following capability flags: 0x5
main debug: using extension module "lua"
main debug: using interface module "qt"
main: playlist is empty
main debug: nothing to play
http debug: outgoing request:
GET /vlc/status-win-x64 HTTP/1.1
Host: update.videolan.org
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en_GB
User-Agent: VLC/3.0.20 LibVLC/3.0.20
Range: bytes=0-

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http debug: incoming response:
HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content
Server: nginx/1.25.4
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 07:42:17 GMT
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Length: 528
Connection: keep-alive
Last-Modified: Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:26:19 GMT
ETag: "6542ecab-210"
Content-Range: bytes 0-527/528
X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000


main debug: using access module "access"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "prefetch,cache_block": 24 candidates
prefetch debug: using 528 bytes buffer, 528 bytes read
main debug: using stream_filter module "prefetch"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 24 candidates
prefetch debug: end of stream
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Familly\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_streams.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_xml.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\appletrailers.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\bbc_co_uk.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\cue.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\dailymotion.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\jamendo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\koreus.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\liveleak.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\newgrounds.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\rockbox_fm_presets.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\soundcloud.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\twitch.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vimeo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vocaroo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.luac
main debug: no stream_filter modules matched
main debug: removing module "prefetch"
main debug: removing module "access"
main debug: creating access: http://update.videolan.org/vlc/status-win-x64.asc
main debug: (path: \\update.videolan.org\vlc\status-win-x64.asc)
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 27 candidates
http debug: resolving update.videolan.org ...
http debug: outgoing request:
GET /vlc/status-win-x64.asc HTTP/1.1
Host: update.videolan.org
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en_GB
User-Agent: VLC/3.0.20 LibVLC/3.0.20
Range: bytes=0-


http debug: incoming response:
HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content
Server: nginx/1.25.4
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 07:42:17 GMT
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Length: 195
Connection: keep-alive
Last-Modified: Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:26:19 GMT
ETag: "6542ecab-c3"
Content-Range: bytes 0-194/195
X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000


main debug: using access module "access"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "prefetch,cache_block": 24 candidates
prefetch debug: using 195 bytes buffer, 195 bytes read
main debug: using stream_filter module "prefetch"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 24 candidates
prefetch debug: end of stream
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Familly\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_streams.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_xml.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\appletrailers.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\bbc_co_uk.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\cue.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\dailymotion.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\jamendo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\koreus.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\liveleak.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\newgrounds.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\rockbox_fm_presets.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\soundcloud.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\twitch.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vimeo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vocaroo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.luac
main debug: no stream_filter modules matched
main debug: Downloading signature (195 bytes)
main debug: removing module "prefetch"
main debug: removing module "access"
main debug: Unarmoring signature
main: Status file authenticated

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main debug: processing request item: Kid Creole and The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy.flac, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index 0
main debug: starting playback of new item
main debug: resyncing on Kid Creole and The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy.flac
main debug: Kid Creole and The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy.flac is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'Kid Creole and The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy.flac'
main debug: requesting art for new input thread
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using timeshift path: C:\Users\Familly\AppData\Local\Temp
main debug: `file:///D:/Musik/Kid%20Creole%20and%20The%20Coconuts%20-%20Annie,%20I'm%20Not%20Your%20Daddy.flac' gives access `file' demux `any' path `/D:/Musik/Kid%20Creole%20and%20The%20Coconuts%20-%20Annie,%20I'm%20Not%20Your%20Daddy.flac'
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='any' location='/D:/Musik/Kid%20Creole%20and%20The%20Coconuts%20-%20Annie,%20I'm%20Not%20Your%20Daddy.flac' file='D:\Musik\Kid Creole and The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy.flac'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "file": 15 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Familly\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
qt debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: using art finder module "folder"
main debug: removing module "folder"
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access: file:///D:/Musik/Kid%20Creole%20and%20The%20Coconuts%20-%20Annie,%20I'm%20Not%20Your%20Daddy.flac
main debug: (path: D:\Musik\Kid Creole and The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy.flac)
main debug: looking for access module matching "file": 27 candidates
main debug: using access module "filesystem"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "prefetch,cache_read": 24 candidates
cache_read debug: Using stream method for AStream*
cache_read debug: starting pre-buffering
cache_read debug: received first data after 0 ms
cache_read debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s
main debug: using stream_filter module "cache_read"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 24 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Familly\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_streams.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_xml.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\appletrailers.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\bbc_co_uk.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\cue.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\dailymotion.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\jamendo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\koreus.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\liveleak.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\newgrounds.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\rockbox_fm_presets.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\soundcloud.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\twitch.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vimeo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vocaroo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.luac

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main debug: no stream_filter modules matched
main debug: looking for stream_directory module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: no stream_directory modules matched
main debug: attachment of directory-extractor failed for file:///D:/Musik/Kid%20Creole%20and%20The%20Coconuts%20-%20Annie,%20I'm%20Not%20Your%20Daddy.flac
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 24 candidates
main debug: using stream_filter module "record"
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='any' location='/D:/Musik/Kid%20Creole%20and%20The%20Coconuts%20-%20Annie,%20I'm%20Not%20Your%20Daddy.flac' file='D:\Musik\Kid Creole and The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy.flac'
main debug: looking for demux module matching "flac": 55 candidates
main debug: looking for packetizer module matching "any": 25 candidates
main debug: using packetizer module "flac"
main debug: selecting program id=0
main debug: using demux module "flacsys"
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in D:\Musik\
main debug: looking for packetizer module matching "any": 25 candidates
main debug: using packetizer module "flac"
main debug: looking for audio decoder module matching "any": 23 candidates
main debug: using audio decoder module "flac"
main debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: using meta reader module "taglib"
main debug: removing module "taglib"
main warning: art already fetched
main debug: album art saved to C:\Users\Familly\AppData\Roaming\vlc\art\artistalbum\Kid Creole And The Coconuts Kid Creole and The Coconuts\The Best Of Kid Creole & The Coconuts\art.jpg
main debug: `file:///D:/Musik/Kid%20Creole%20and%20The%20Coconuts%20-%20Annie,%20I'm%20Not%20Your%20Daddy.flac' successfully opened
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: restarting module due to input format change
main debug: Buffering 18%
main debug: removing module "flac"
main debug: looking for audio decoder module matching "any": 23 candidates
main debug: using audio decoder module "flac"
flac debug: decode STREAMINFO
main debug: Buffering 27%
flac debug: channels:2 samplerate:44100 bitspersamples:16
flac debug: STREAMINFO decoded
main debug: Buffering 37%
main debug: Buffering 46%
main debug: Buffering 55%
main debug: Buffering 65%
main debug: Buffering 74%
main debug: reusing audio output
main debug: Buffering 83%
main debug: looking for aout stream module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: Buffering 92%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1021 ms in 2 ms)
wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: display name changed: VLC media player
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
main debug: looking for aout stream module matching "any": 2 candidates
wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
main debug: looking for aout stream module matching "any": 2 candidates
wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
main debug: looking for aout stream module matching "any": 2 candidates
wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
main debug: looking for aout stream module matching "any": 2 candidates
wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
main debug: looking for aout stream module matching "any": 2 candidates
wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
main debug: looking for aout stream module matching "any": 2 candidates
wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
main debug: looking for aout stream module matching "any": 2 candidates
wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
main debug: looking for aout stream module matching "any": 2 candidates
wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable

[Lotesdelere]

wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: display name changed: VLC media player
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable
mmdevice error: cannot activate endpoint volume (error 80070002)
main debug: looking for aout stream module matching "any": 2 candidates
wasapi error: cannot activate client (error 0x88890004)
main debug: no aout stream modules matched
mmdevice debug: using default device
mmdevice debug: version 2 session control unavailable

You have problems with WASAPI audio output.
Try another audio output module:
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-2.0 ... _anomalies

DirectX audio output should work.

[manupeg]

Thanks, that fixed it.
Weird though. Had to do some stuff in Windows to get it back on my headphones instead of teh speakers, but it works now.
Have a good day