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kuttan15 Posts 2 Registration date Sunday August 28, 2016 Status Member Last seen August 31, 2016 - Aug 28, 2016 at 10:03 AM
Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Aug 30, 2016 at 06:43 AM
I have formatted and reinstalled Windows XP. After that some video files are not opened in vlc player. When I try to open I am getting message "File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "G:\SX Movies_164\Rita.flv" (Bad file descriptor).
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///G:/SX%20Movies_164/Rita.flv'. Check the log for details.
But some other files can be opened. What will be the problem and how to fix it?
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Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166
Aug 28, 2016 at 05:22 PM
Try to update your VLC player.
kuttan15 Posts 2 Registration date Sunday August 28, 2016 Status Member Last seen August 31, 2016
Aug 30, 2016 at 06:22 AM
Hello Ambucias,
I have reinstalled VLC player version vlc-2.2.4 win32-exe today. Still the same problem exists. What version do u suggest to be installed?. Please note that many similar files are opened in VLC. But few files are not gtg opened. These files were opened earlier before reinstalling windows XP. If so what will be the problem. I scanned few files. There is no virus threat.
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Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166
Aug 30, 2016 at 06:43 AM
Hi

The files you are trying to read are corrupted. No doubt you downloaded them from the web. Download them again, if you can.