Video & media software
Video players, editors and codecs that fail to open, play or export files.
- How to view and save the VLC log to find out why a file won't playVLC does not keep an error log on disk by default. It shows a live message log in the Messages window (Tools > Messages, or Ctrl+M on Windows and Linux), and that log is lost when you close the player. Open it, play the problem file, and click Save as... before closing VLC.
- OBS "Error opening file for writing": how to fix it"Error opening file for writing" is usually an installer message: the OBS Windows installer or updater could not overwrite a file, most often because OBS or a captured game still has it open, or security software blocked the write. Close everything that uses OBS, click Retry or reboot, then run the installer again. If your recording is what fails to save, check the Recording Path instead.