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VLC ignores configured soundfont

I'm using VLC 3.0.20 on Windows 10, and have configured a .sf2-soundfont in the Settings (Audiocodecs/FluidSynth). When I re-open the setting, the path pointing to the soundfont is still correct: ...
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Is it possible to output different soundtracks from movies to different output devices?

For example, if I have a movie in MKV or another format, or a DVD with multiple soundtracks in different languages, can we watch it simultaneously in two languages? I want to watch the movie in ...
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Play analogue video from audio in

I have an adapter with AV input on one end and a 3.5 mm jack on the other. Is it possible to plug the 3.5 mm jack into audio in and view the AV signal going in? I've been trying to use the Analogue ...
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Separating audio m4b file based on a cue file

Separating audio m4b file based on a cue file How can I split an audio m4b into separate files using a cue file? Note: The m4b file has no chapters that's why I need to use the cue file to split it. I ...
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How to fix command-line VLC `AudioObjectAddPropertyListener` errors

$ vlc -Z --play-and-exit my_music.mp4 VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari (revision 3.0.20-0-g6f0d0ab126) [00007fec32124770] macosx interface error: Updater aborted with error 1001 [00007fec21807100] ...
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Analyze AVI for audio with ffmpeg

I'm new to using ffmpeg. I have some AVI files that I believe should have audio, but I cannot get the audio to play with VLC. I tried using ffmpeg to analyze the AVI files for audio. import ...
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MPEGTS across devices has choppy audio

I want to stream video and its audio between devices. On my pc I am transmitting it using ffmpeg -re -i "video.mp4" -vcodec libx264 -f mpegts udp://192.168.1.106:1234?pkt_size=1316 And on ...
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VLC Streams at Higher Sample Rate But Transcodes and Saves to Lower

I am trying to transcode an mpeg4audio stream from a radio station and save the file. I have a headless server I am trying to use cvlc with in order to transcode and save the Stream to a file. Here is ...
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Temporary disconnection of wireless headset mutes VLC's (and only VLC's) audio until VLC is rewound. How to debug?

When I am wearing my wireless headset and I walk outside of its range for just a moment (enough for me to not be able to hear the audio, but not enough for a permanent wireless disconnect), VLC will ...
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VLC media player installation on RHEL 9

Please help me to install VLC media player on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. I tried these installation steps, but they failed. I tried to skip few packages during the installation too, but I could not ...
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Combing multiple videos and audio tracks for playback in VLC

I have multiple videos (about 5-10 minutes each) that I need to play together during a long presentation with an audio track (multiple files) over it. I created the separate videos for ease of editing ...
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VLC reverts to first 'Audio Device' after each track

I am trying to play a folder of music tracks with VLC on Raspberry Pi OS (Debian). I am using a shorcut with a shell script to start things (as this needs to be point and click-ish for a kiosk type ...
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Recording m3u8 stream stop time do not work when stream is forwarded using socat

I try to record m3u8 stream containing audio only. It is online radio but listening is geographicaly restricted and in my country requests fails with HTTP 403 but on server in (non-restricted) remote ...
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VLC Command Line - Run stream and then quit

I'm making Windows batch files that I can run and listen to a stream in VLC but then press any key to exit and stop the stream. This seems to work but I can see the batch freezes after starting VLC. ...
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A/V Controls button for Slow motion in QuickTime Player (10.5)?

I find that Apple answers this question Slow motion in QuickTime Player (10.5) in Mac? From https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250493652 You can use the keyboard shortcuts below for slow motion ...
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How to limit the VLC volume to 100%, i.e. disable over-amplification?

In VLC 3.0.19 (Linux) the amplification goes up to '200%' (note that the UI icon and font don't exceed '125%', the on-screen display does). With my current audio hardware there's no need to use the ...
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Audio not playing in VLC for one specific video only

Playing a specific .mp4 file in VLC plays the video fine, but not the audio. According to VLC's codec information the audio codec is mp4a. But the statistics say decoded 0 blocks and played 0 buffers. ...
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possible ffmpeg processing error, audio file is longer than muxed video file, --shortest flag does not appear to work, audio does not play

See the question asked here. How to merge audio and video streams with different lengths trimming audio to fit video using ffmpeg ffmpeg is creating output, the audio file itself plays, the video ...
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How do I play this UMD format movie?

I have a movie ripped from a UMD format disc in the form of an ISO. The ISO structure is as follows: $ls -R .: umd_data.bin umd_video ./umd_video: clipinf icon0.png icon1.pmf param.sfo pic1.png ...
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Convert audio to higher speed with VLC

Can VLC do this? There are quite some tutorials on the web but for me, it does not work - new file gets saved, but in original speed. One tutorial is here: https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-save-a-video-...
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ffmpeg last frame freezes, audio keeps playing

I'm using fffmpeg to cut an H.264 video into specific shots. I need it to be frame accurate, which isnt a problem if I only encode video (now that I know how to calculate the ms from the number of ...
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vlc media player plays audio for 18 seconds, then stops for a split second, then continues playing the audio

The problem: VLC media player version 3.0.18 plays audio for 18 seconds, then stops playing audio for a split second, then continues playing the audio. (It is on a Windows 10 machine playing a flac ...
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VLC mutes sound after seeking on Pop! OS

I noticed this issue when I was playing videos with VLC. When the video is originally opened, there is absolutely no visible problem. However, seeking (with the mouse's cursor or the arrows of the ...
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How can I configure the default audio output in VLC player?

I'm running VLC Player on a raspberry pi 4, connected to my TV via HDMI, the TV is the only output device that's connected to the pi. I'm not concerned with music at the moment, I just want the ...
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ffmpeg: Combining two A/V streams results in out of sync audio in VLC player but not QuickTime

I have two files (one audio, one video, both mp4) I want to combine into a single mp4 without re-encoding the streams. They both have the same duration (well, technically one is 0.05s longer than the ...
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VLC doesn't play audio on Windows 11, says Channels: Unknown-chan-mask

[Edit] It's probably Windows11 - Windows 10 works fine! I have a number of mp4 files which used to play fine about a year ago, but now: Some play with no sound. Looking in codec info, I see Channels: ...
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How to merge videos together use VLC command line(some video have one audio track, some video not have audio track)

vlc *.mp4 --sout "#gather:std{access=file,dst=all.mp4}" --no-sout-all --sout-keep I have tried the above command, but it doesn't work. Except for the number of audio tracks, these videos ...
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Playing a mp3 file from the web using VLC in a batch file

for context im making a USB that rickrolls you in the background (which is why I need cmd) so far the .bat file is : @echo off vlc --into dummy (the shortened URL is supposed to be here) But I don't ...
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VLC: Switching Audio Tracks Causes Sound to Go Silent for a Few Seconds

When playing a video file with multiple audio tracks, I sometimes like to switch between the tracks while the video is playing. However, when I do so, there's a period of 2 - 3 seconds of silence ...
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How can .m3u8 and .ts streams or videos properly be saved, without any pixelated or corrupted frames? VLC or FFMPEG, or anything else

I was wondering how to save contents of .m3u8, generally any that works, using VLC at "Open Network Stream". I saw that these files often contain .ts files, that are named "playlist&...
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VLC Audio Won't Increase Beyond 100

I have windows 10 version 21H1 (OS Build 19043.1415). I have VLC version 3.0.15 In VLC: I set the audio gain to 8. I set the interface to show audio maximum as 300 instead of default 100. The problem ...
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How to fix these warning messages when running VLC player from command-line?

I installed VLC player on macOS using Homebrew, then when running it from command-line, I got many messages/warnings: % which vlc /usr/local/bin/vlc % vlc VLC media player 3.0.16 Vetinari (revision 3....
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Volume issues after reformatting on Windows 7

I just reformated my HD on Windows 7 & we downloaded the audio drivers (RealTek). The volume is too low on VLC even though this wasn't an issue before. I perfer only VLC, not MS software. I ...
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How to extract video and audio track from multi-track wmv video

I have a number of WMV files with two video tracks and one audio track. How do I extract the second video track and the audio track so I can get rid of the useless first video track? I try playing ...
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ffmpeg screen recording file can't be played with video via windows media player [duplicate]

I'm new to ffmpeg. Recently I have recorded my screen using commmand C:\Users\Totzfreelance\ffmpeg.exe -f dshow -i video="UScreenCapture":audio="Microphone (Realtek High Definition ...
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This video has not been mixed with the audio because the audio stream has a different format

I face the following problem from time to time when I want to download some video: This video has not been mixed with the audio because the audio stream has a different format I want to know How to ...
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Create a keyboard shortcut for the selected folder to "Play with VLC Media Player"?

My digital music is stored in many folders. Currently I right-click a folder and choose "Play with VLC Media Player" to launch VLC and play all songs in the folder. I switch folders ...
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How to pipe both an audio file and my voice through a voice communication app?

I have a very long audiobook that my friend and I would like to listen to at the same time, so that we can both react to events and pause to discuss, etc. Since we talk on Discord, I thought it might ...
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mpeg file cannot be replayed

I have problems replaying some mpeg file with SMPlayer. Below is the log. The other UMP just quickly counts the time but nothing can be heared. Some other WMP opens a dialog with error. So nowhere I ...
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How do i play 1 audio file and playback them to 2 different speakers? [duplicate]

I want to play a chill music beat, one for my default speaker and one for my mic input ( the devices are in the same computer ). How do I playback audio to 2 speakers on the same computer with VLC? I'...
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How to increase number or age of playback position files remembered in VLC?

VLC remembers the playback position of most media files (see this thread to enable in macOS). For some media I have played a long time ago, VLC does not remember the playback position and starts at ...
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How to apply an equalizer preset to an audio and create a new file?

I have an audio file which doesn't sound good when played as-is, but when I use the “pop” equalizer preset in VLC, it sounds good. Hence I would like to create a new audio file with the equalizing ...
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Is it possible to have two different audio outputs running simultaneously , one of them using HDMI and the other using Jack?

i am using a laptop and I have one LED TV attached to it,connected via HDMI to my graphics card (GTX 950) I am using archlinux and I intend to run two different instances of vlc (or any other media ...
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Using playlist playback in VLC

BACKGROUND I'm using VLC to listen to an audio book on win10, which have hundred .mp3. So, I put all of the .mp3 file into a playlist in VLC. Obviously, I can not have enough time to play all of ...
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PotPlayer Crashes when changing Audio Stream

I am trying to change the audio stream when watching a video in Daum PotPlayer. Only, as soon as I change the audio stream from the default to the alternative audio, the entire application becomes ...
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mp3 save timestamps of elapsed time

I'm looking for a way to save the elapsed time of an audio file while I'm listening to it. My idea is to press a key and to have the elapsed time logged to a file for subsequent use (for example to ...
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VLC plays full video with stream but only saves audio

I'm trying to back up a video from a set-top box i got my hands on, it supports streaming over LAN, and I got VLC to play the stream on my computer without using any special setting or else, but when ...
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VLC audio stopped working, no idea why

Audio simply stopped working for VLC (& other video players). MacOS 10.14.6, VLC 3.0.8. Audio is fine otherwise; YouTube has audio, games in Steam do too, my music player works fine. I've ...
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FFMPEG reduce dynamic range (VLC port ask)

Is there a way to do the exactly same thing as the image below (VLC) but using FFMPEG? I want it with FFMPEG to automate some jobs with batch files. In VLC, alongside the settings in the above image, ...
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VLC Media Player - Dolby TrueHD only outputs 2 channels

I've been working on this for 2 days now with no success. I am on Windows 10 and audio is going from my pc to Yamaha Aventage RX-A2030 via HDMI. I have a gigabyte GA-Z77Z-UD5H motherboard. I am using ...
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