also @ TechSpot: StarCraft 2 to lack LAN support, a PC exclusive
Welcome to the TechSpot OpenBoards. Please read the FAQ if you have any questions. Login to participate.

Go Back   TechSpot OpenBoards > Operating Systems & Software > The Alternative OS

Error with VLC Player

Closed Thread
Bookmark Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 12-03-2008
gilloz's Avatar
TechSpot Member
 
Location: Southern California
Member since: Dec 2005, 93 posts
Error with VLC Player

I installed VLC Player as my default player in Ubuntu 8.04. When I click on the VLC to open it, I get an error window that says, "unable to open'512". If I go to Messages in the tool bar of VLC, it says, "No suitable access module for 512". The same thing happens when I install a DVD. Anyone have a clue what this means?
  #2  
Old 12-03-2008
kimsland's Avatar
TS Special Forces
 
Member since: Dec 2007, 16,737 posts
Ref:
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&p=174698
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6300039

I would say try un-installing it first and re-installing it

I have moved this thread to The Alternative OS (ie Linux)
Login to remove this ad - join the TechSpot Community for free.
  #3  
Old 12-03-2008
gilloz's Avatar
TechSpot Member
 
Location: Southern California
Member since: Dec 2005, 93 posts
Ok kimsland, I uninstalled VLC completely and then reinstalled it. No difference. I still get that same error. BTW, I try to get as many inputs as I can, as you can tell. The icon was no longer available when I uninstalled it, but out of curiosity I did a Search in System Files and about a dozen items came up with VLC in them. Why were they still there? This time I installed VLC by the Terminal. (sudo get-apt install vlc). A lot of good that did.



Ok, I found my problem. Using a How To instructions for making VLC my default player, it called out to make a change in the VLC properties command line to "vlc 512 %M", when it should have been "vlc %m". Once I made the change, the error message disappeared. Thanks anyway kimsland for your help & support and keen observation of my posts.
[COLOR="White"].[/COLOR]

Last edited by kimsland; 12-04-2008 at 02:01 AM.. Reason: merged posts
  #4  
Old 12-04-2008
kimsland's Avatar
TS Special Forces
 
Member since: Dec 2007, 16,737 posts
Thanks for the update

I've saved the fix info too
Closed Thread
Thread Tools


Similar Topics
Topic Category Replies Last Post
Help windows media player error Other Software & Utilities 0 11-20-2008 09:10 PM
Window media player error Windows OS 5 07-15-2008 02:17 PM
dvd player- error code General Hardware 0 01-11-2006 05:08 PM
Media Player 10 - Error SIB18-2 Other Software & Utilities 4 01-21-2005 04:30 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:30 PM.