When you try to open a video file in VLC media player, you may get an error message saying that “VLC media player has encountered a problem and needs to close .We are sorry for the inconvenience “ and the VLC player closes. Uninstalling and re-installing the player doesn’t helps and this error persists.
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Why am I getting this error when I try to open video file with VLC player?
It is behaving like this because the configuration file of it got corrupted.
What’s the Fix?
Cleaning the cache and configuration file of VLC media player does fix this problem as the new configuration file will be created when you next play the player.
Where configuration file and cache of VLC player located?
For Windows 2000/XP, they are located here in
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\vlc.
Update: For Windows 7 and Windows 8, they can be found here: ‘C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\vlc ‘
1. Just go to the above path and delete vlcrc file.
2 .Open cache folder and delete all the files.
3. Now open VLC player and play a video file, it will play normally.
Have you faced this problem with VLC player? How you’ve solved it then? Share with us in the comments.
hey thanks dude.its works…..it helped a lot
@adi
I am glad that my post helped you, hope you stay long in my blog for sure, keep coming adi.
hey nice blog buddy!! you're really technically inspired i must say!
well, deleting just vlcrc file didn't work. then i deleted all the file from vlc folder and re-ran the program, voila!! it worked!! thanks a lot man!
and i'm now following your blog.
way to go buddy! keep it going! m/
I had to delete all the files like you did, thanks heaps!! :) Awesome post/ blog and VLC is working normally now! SOOOOO happy
@Aditya naik
I mentioned to remove all files in the cache folder in vlc folder but not vlcrc file. Any way your problem is solved, I am happy :). You are always welcome here and thanks for following my blog. Hope you enjoy your stay here.
THnx man!!! working gr8!
Sir, you have helped tremendously – my sincere gratitude, the issue is resolved.
Glad to know that happy user, you’re welcome.
You’re most Welcome.
thanx man
If you are looking for a solution in Android phone, change the default music player by :
Settings =>Apps => Defaults => Music App => Google Play Music (Default)
Sometimes Media Player (the default selected earlier) does not work properly.
Hope it will work…