It has been almost over 5 months, since Microsoft released Windows Vista, but I got my free upgrade kit just two weeks ago. Like everybody else, even I had the curiosity to make the switch. Unfortunately, my favorite VLC media player which plays almost every media format refused to work on Vista. I could hear the sounds, but no video.

Thanks to my googling skills, I found the solution which told me to set the video rendering engine to OpenGL. Here’s what you have to do:

  1. Start VLC Media Player
  2. Click on Settings and select Preferences
  3. Now, Expand Video and just click on Output Modules
  4. Check the Advanced Option in the lower right corner and set the output module to OpenGL.
  5. Finally, you should restart VLC Media Player to reflect these changes.

Hopefully, future versions of VLC will set the OpenGL as the default video rendering engine.


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  1. [...] How To Fix VLC Media Player In Vista [...]

  2. Yeah man,, Couldn’t agree more.. VLC’s Da best

  3. Awesome! I was crying the other day because I couldn’t get it to work on my Vista… Now it does!

  4. yes thank you.. it helped..

  5. Thanks so much for the tip! I was at a lost of how to get it to work, but this came up straight away and video was up and working in seconds. Hopefully vlc will fix issues with vista but in the mean time thanks so much!

  6. [...] soluzione è stata trovata da techbuzz.net e consiste nell’impostare come motore di rendering l’OpenGL. Ecco, nel dettaglio, i [...]

  7. Thanks man!! I was looking for that fix. Tried the new skins and I have decided to not use Windows Media Player for good!!!

  8. good one thanks vlc is the best

  9. [...] eseguito all’interno di Windows Vista. Esiste però una soluzione che il sito tech-buzz.net ci propone per ovviare al [...]

  10. fuh..i almost cried when my vlc doesnt have any picture..lol..thanks a lot!!

  11. Thanks a lot :)

  12. yeah……. vlc is good media player, but GOM player leaves everything in dust behind, just try GOM for once, and i am sure, you wont ever take name of vlc in future.

  13. Thank you soooooooo much!

    You’re a superstar!

  14. Thanks for the info! I’ve been tryin loadsa different things to get VLC to work ever since i got vista, now i does! Thanks

  15. I couldn’t believe how many others were experiencing the same thing. I actually stumbled across this simple fix by mistake and I’m glad I did. Thanks abunch!

  16. amazing. i have been waiting for this.

  17. Thanks for this tip. It was very clear and simple. Now I can watch my movie and enjoy my sunday afternoon. You have my gratitude.

    Alex

  18. Thanks! It worked! I been trying everyting but this was the trick! You made my day…

  19. Thank you! Problem solved, you rock!

  20. thanx a lot 4 d tip
    it really workd……..i was looking 4 it
    once again thank you

  21. Thanks a lot for the solution boss.

  22. Thank you so much. Its working fine.

  23. Download The latest player 8.6h…its made to be compt. with Vista. M usin it with no problems and modifications

  24. Hey Buddy,

    Thanks for your TIP……… :)

    It worked…….

  25. sorry if this is a repeat but, i have vista, and vlc and they work fine together(i cant play dvds but im gonna try those fixes to sort that out later =) ) my problem is that i like to use Vlc for screen capping, it takes the best snapshots and i watch alot of sort of…visually arresting films, that i like to cap for wallpapers etc

    Well ths function has ceased to work on my vlc player, in fact it crashes the program when ever i try to do it

    is this a vista compatability problem that will be fixed in the Vista ready VLC release or is this my computer being lame?

  26. I don’t worry about VLC player not fully compatible with Vista, since Media player classic does all the magic.

  27. good morning,
    i have the opposite problem,audio is working scattered.
    i tried various settings on instruments but it doesn’t work.
    i use winxp sp2.
    many thanks
    antonio

  28. High i have the VLC working really nice on my vista but there is this problem with the graphic equalizer. It keeps on deactivating my personal setting at the end of each song. Have to get each it adjusted every now and then - it sucks! Need help.
    TDN.

  29. Dear Admin:
    You are hero of the day. Yahoo!!
    Thank You,
    Phyllis

  30. truly your google skill are appreciated..

    thanks.
    neo

  31. Thanks a bunch for the tip.

  32. Thank you soooooo mutch
    i thought it was something wrong whit my computer luckely it was just the wrong setup!
    great help dude
    // Sofia from sweden

  33. okej i just sad that it work for like 2 minutes, sorry to truble you again but i need help!
    plz

  34. when i try to run the vlc media player after downloading it a window opens which says nsis error…n it tells installer integrity check has failed..what do i do… please help me.

  35. ya , i will try the solution , i have visited many sites and found the same solution for this problem.
    Thnx anyway

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