It is not often that VLC Media Player fails to play a file.
If the error takes place if streaming a YouTube video, skip to the fourth solution in this guide.
To move the media file to a different folder:
2. make a run at rename the folder with a short name to fix the error.
To rename the folder:
3.
Reset VLC Media Player Preference
VLC offers tons of customization options.
Note that when you reset preferences, you will lose all the changes made to your VLC media player.
To reset VLC’s preferences:
4.
Heres how to do it.
Once the file is saved, launch VLC and peek if the error is resolved.
If not, venture to create a new text file with the above script and save it asyoutube.lua.
Next, delete theyoutube.luacfile inVLC\lua\playlistand then move theyoutube.luafile to the same folder.
attempt to stream any YouTube video via VLC to look to see if the error is resolved.
Taking ownership should work if the error is triggered due to insufficient permission to get into the file.
To take ownership of a media file:
6.
Often an invalid file name issue seem to trigger this error on VLC.
