VLC Rainbow video effect and random image when song is played from downloads folder!

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cantthinkof1
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VLC Rainbow video effect and random image when song is played from downloads folder!

Postby cantthinkof1 » 08 Jun 2024 03:21

Whenever I play any video this happens https://youtu.be/suEjiW0F4iY and whenever I play any song in the downloads folder this https://youtu.be/JjhUrWWpDws happens but not anywhere else. I have reinstalled VLC multiple times and nothing. I turned off auto fetch art nothing revoked internet access nothing. Never even downloaded anything from that god forsaken website either. It does not even exist anymore in the same form. I tried what someone told me to do on reddit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzFgYDF_AL0 and still persists what?

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Re: VLC Rainbow video effect and random image when song is played from downloads folder!

Postby Lotesdelere » 08 Jun 2024 11:24

Whenever I play any video this happens https://youtu.be/suEjiW0F4iY

Check if you have any video filter enabled in the menu Tools -> Effects and Filters (or Ctrl+E) -> Video Effects
Then disable everything there, check all of the tabs, save the settings and try again.


and whenever I play any song in the downloads folder this https://youtu.be/JjhUrWWpDws happens but not anywhere else. I have reinstalled VLC multiple times and nothing. I turned off auto fetch art nothing revoked internet access nothing.

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.


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