Playing an unsupported file
Playing an unsupported file
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Image Alt Text: "After downloading a 2.5GB movie
Me: Presses play Movie unsupported file" A person is shown with eyes on her laptop punching the wall beside her, causing it to crack.
If vlc cant open it you have found something truly odd
282 0 ReplyUninstall that shit and use VLC
105 0 ReplyWhat troglodyte doesn't use VLC nowadays?
57 0 Replympv my beloved
43 0 ReplyVLC
29 0 Replywhere the fuck are u getting ur movies??? I've only ever seen mp4 and mkv, all of which even windows media player handles I think
26 0 ReplyAnd then you have mpv that will play anything ever, even a .txt with "interesting movie" written in it
22 0 Replyme: opens vlc. play it anyway, idc
20 0 Replylmfao who has this problem, your great grandma?
tf is wrong witchoo boi
17 0 ReplyVLC to the rescue!
16 0 ReplyThis reminded me of having to install a codec pack like klite or cccp as one of the first things on a fresh install. I'm glad that isn't a thing anymore.
12 0 ReplyAverage Windows user.
BTW, IEC units are superior and accepted unlike the SI units, so the correct usage is "2.5 GiB".
12 0 ReplyVLC, MPV
11 0 ReplySounds a bit small for a movie
8 0 ReplyI use the SMplayer, it plays and streams almost everything (Mplayer engine, apart also works with mpv).
8 0 ReplyMe: cycling through every media players I have installed until I get one that plays the video properly.
VLC, MPV, MPlayer, Parole, etc
8 0 ReplyEh, my internet is 1gbps, I can just download something else
5 0 ReplyWhy is it a big deal? 2.5Gb takes like 20-30 seconds to download
5 0 ReplyAm I too 1Gb/s fiber connected to understand that?
3 0 ReplyConsole
medianfo your.file
please.2 0 ReplyNo big deal, just download the codices.
2 0 ReplyTorrenting in a nutshell! It can give out same error sometimes for incomplete file depending on the player used.
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