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New York Times video downloads but won't play in VLC #21262
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Try with another mp4 player. |
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youtube-dl HLS native downloader does not support fragmented mp4 videos, and ffmpeg produce broken files, so, for now, you can choose formats other than the |
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@remitamine thank you, using the second-lowest stream,
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the errors reported by VLC are not caused by the file itself, they are caused by a missing/misconfiguration of the hardware acceleration libraries(VAAPI/VDPAU) in your system. |
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Downloading with
-vflagTrying to play in VLC with no
vflags:VLC with
-vv:Description
I downloaded a video from The New York Times, with this link: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000006525294/ufo-video-navy.html?smid=pl-share
It downloaded fine, but could not be played, and the VLC output seems to suggest it was not properly formatted as an MP4 file.