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[Solved] VLC: A directory can't be opened

Since around yesterday's -Syu I can't open a directory containing MP3 files in VLC. All those methods fails:

• vlc dirpath

• vlc directory:///dirpath

• Running VLC and using Media → Open Directory.

The first one produces the following output:

$ vlc -v /tmp/tmp.IRJS1hqAuQ/
VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be)
[0x20db118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libdc1394_plugin.so' (libdc1394.so.22: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x20db118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_mtp_plugin.so' (libmtp.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x20db118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/visualization/libgoom_plugin.so' (libgoom2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x20db118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/visualization/libprojectm_plugin.so' (libprojectM.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x20db118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux/libgme_plugin.so' (libgme.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x20db118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libtwolame_plugin.so' (libtwolame.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x20db118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/services_discovery/libmtp_plugin.so' (libmtp.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x20db118] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.1
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
libdvdread: Couldn't find device name.
libdvdread:DVDOpenFilePath:findDVDFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFilePath:findDVDFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[0x7ffe40000e58] dvdnav demux warning: cannot open DVD (/tmp/tmp.IRJS1hqAuQ/)
[0x7ffe40001708] ps demux warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, continuing anyway
[0x7ffe40001708] ps demux warning: garbage at input, trying to resync...

The latter two produce:

VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be)
[0x21dc118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libdc1394_plugin.so' (libdc1394.so.22: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x21dc118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_mtp_plugin.so' (libmtp.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x21dc118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/visualization/libgoom_plugin.so' (libgoom2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x21dc118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/visualization/libprojectm_plugin.so' (libprojectM.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x21dc118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux/libgme_plugin.so' (libgme.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x21dc118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libtwolame_plugin.so' (libtwolame.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x21dc118] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/services_discovery/libmtp_plugin.so' (libmtp.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x21dc118] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0x7f280000a9b8] ps demux warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, continuing anyway
[0x7f280000a9b8] ps demux warning: garbage at input, trying to resync...

I have downgraded all packages related in any way to VLC (libcroco, libmpcdec, libmpeg2, libvisual), but this didn't solved the issue.

Opening files directly works without problems.

Any ideas?

Note that it may be just a coincidence that the problem arised after yesterday's update. I was restarting system after it, so possibly some bit earlier update I can't identify now is causing the issue.

--- edit (SOLUTION) ---
For some reason (and it was not because of my conscious action) the configuration file was forcing demux module to "any".
The issue was fixed after, in ~/.config/vlc/vlcrc, changing

demux=any

to

#demux=

"any" was also forced for various other module categories.

Last edited by mpan (2014-07-05 13:30:32)

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