VLC -- LOOPING .WMA file bombs out

[MosnaR]

Hello all,

I have never asked a question in this forum. I usually offer a little advice and read a lot. But in this case I have hit a snag at work and can't seem to find the answer. I need to loop a .WMA file on startup without clicking the loop back button in VLC . The loop back button does work I have tested it multiple times.

I've tried several command lines and they all kick back error message:

"Unable to open MRL"

Here's what I do know:

1. The file does play fine in VLC as long as I select the file manually.
2. loop back button does work fine
3. everytime I try the command lines I have found online VLC acts like it can not read the .wma file and throws up the UNABLE TO OPEN MRL errors.
4. I thought maybe the file name was was case sensitive in the command line so I have tried that as well but to no avail.

Any help would be appreciated I need to get this pc up and running for our display booth in our office.

Thanks in advance.

MosnaR

 

[carnageX]

Does the file path have spaces in it? If so, wrap the path in quotes.

Is it on a location where VLC has access to it, i.e. does it have permissions?

Is it a local file path or a network path?

 

[MosnaR]

Sorry for the late reply.

The file is stored locally. I ended up writing a batch file that launched VLC and found the arguments that looped anything in a folder. Needless to say I was stressing out over something that ended up taking me about 3 minutes to resolve when I calmed down enough to think about the easiest way to resolve the issue. BATCH FILE on start up.

Thanks Carnage for the input.

 

[carnageX]

Glad to hear you got it figured out!