VLC Error

Hi
Firstly I would just like to say that I couldn't find a post like this anywhere so I made a new post. Sorry if there is already a post like this.

My problem occurs every time that I open the VLC media player. Every time I run it I get the error "Unable to open '%U' "

What is this? Why do I get it? and what can I do to fix it?

Thanks

Mrjpsycho

 

The .desktop file for vlc probably contains an exec=vlc %U , which simply signifies a switch that can be used to load the file you're right-clicking on into vlc. Since you're opening vlc directly, it isn't being fed a filename of the file you wish to view in vlc. Anyway, not having vlc installed here, that would be my guess.

You can try right-clicking on a file you want loaded into vlc and then do an "Open with vlc" to see whether that works correctly.

Cheers.

 

Yes I have tried to do this and it doesn't bring up the error.

 

HI!

I'm sorry for my english but i'm french.

I've resolved this problem this evening
In french:
Aller dans le terminal
taper: su -
taper: mousepad /usr/share/applications/livna-vlc.desktop
mousepad s’ouvre avec la fameuse bande rouge comme dit ci-dessus

Enfin enlever au niveau de Exec=vlc %U le “%U”
Sauvegarder et relancer la machine.


Its good for for VLC GIMP and i think for all the same problem

 

open a terminal and enter

Code:

sudo mousepad /usr/share/applications/livna-vlc.desktop

on the line that says "exec= vlc %u" simply delete the %u and reboot. Its not necessary.