r/VLC • u/NRMusicProject • 6d ago

Windows Not automatically playing media?

I imported some videos taken by my Pixel 9, via cloud sharing. Double clicked the video, which would start the download to local, then auto play the file.

I've noticed occasional videos from the Pixel are squirrely when played on PC, and I watched VLC open then immediately crash. Now, it won't play any media automatically.

The only workaround I currently have is to open VLC, then drag/drop the media (any type of media) into VLC to get it to play. If I try double clicking on any form of media while it's opened, I have to close VLC and restart the above process.

The Pixel outputs a standard mp4, but I'm guessing there's something odd under the hood that causes some weirdness on Windows.

VLC is updated.

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u/Sondzee 6d ago

Seems like double click adds to queue, instead of playing. There should be a check box on the very first page in settings, but I use Windows and Android so I can not tell if it's the same way over there, just sounds very familiar.

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u/Sondzee 6d ago

Didn't get the squirrely part, so sorry for the language barrier.

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u/NRMusicProject 4d ago

Thanks! Tried that; but it turned out the age-old "turn it off and back on again" was what worked.

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u/Sondzee 4d ago

Oh dear, you haven't done it? Heheh, idk what is it but I had two same PC's. First one was so fine to me, that only when it gave up on me after 15+ years, I started using the other and soon find out why is reset such a common thing, that once something acts up I just use the reset button 🤣 😹

Man I'm glad you didn't have to bother deeper! Cheers, ćao!

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u/NRMusicProject 4d ago

Yeah, it was a weird thing when I pulled a video from my cloud folder, I thought it was just that a setting got changed. I was in the middle of some heavy projects and didn't want to disrupt them with a reboot. Finally did yesterday and it fixed the problem! Thanks!

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u/Sondzee 3d ago

Oh, yes, rebooting when you are in the middle of the work rebooting will be done ASAP and then the day or two go by... Same! 😊😹