I can't open M3U files on my VLC 3.0.1

bilbiten · 03-06-2018, 11:37 AM

Hi,
I try to watch TV on my PC with m3u or m3u8 files without succes.
So, yesterday I pst from VLC 2.2.6 to VLC 3.0.1, without improvment.
The error message is "Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://servergates.net:8080/live/agrocom14/ocEt9htqR2/37374.ts'. Check the log for details."
Have somebody meet yet this issue ?
What is the problem, and is there yet a solution ?
Thanks !

hydrurga · 03-06-2018, 07:04 PM

Hi there. Did you check the log for details as advised?

AwesomeMachine · 03-06-2018, 09:07 PM

Open the playlist with a text editor. Copy the url you want and download it with a web browser. Then try to play the file.

ondoho · 03-07-2018, 02:28 AM

bilbiten, in VLC, open the Messages window and increase verbosity to "1 (warning)", then try to reproduce the error. that's the log. read it, try to understand it, copy-paste it here.

Habitual · 03-07-2018, 02:12 PM

http://servergates.net / 193.200.164.162
showed port 80 open, so duing the scan up tp 8088, I opened http://servergates.net and was greeted with:

Code:

Welcome to tengine!

If you see this page, the tengine web server is successfully installed and working. Further configuration is required.

For online documentation and support please refer to tengine.taobao.org.

Thank you for using tengine.

Likely gone.

bilbiten · 03-07-2018, 09:48 PM

Thanks for all thoses replies. I can't try now. It'll take me time to understand them and try. I'll give you results as soon as possible.

resa70 · 03-08-2018, 03:38 PM

All you can do with an M3U file is convert it to another playlist format. You can convert M3U to M3U8, XSPF, or HTML using by opening the M3U file in the program and then using the Media

blackiyto · 07-08-2020, 10:01 AM

Did you check the log for details as advised?

Aayushhh4111 · 06-22-2021, 03:09 AM

I had a similar issue many times, whenever I try to play a video on my Antix Linux system, that crashes every time. At first, I thought it is an error or bug with VLC, but When I switched to another Linux distro, I noticed that the problem is just gone. So I suggest switching to a better and stable distro. If you want to read more about it then check out this post