VLC could not read the file (Bad file descriptor).

[Ted]

As in title. Just got myself a dashcam and works well but when I try and play back video on my pc it wont. Media player which is supposed to play avi files wont play
Went to manufacturers web site and says down load a player, which Iv'e done. Now get this message VLC could not read the file (Bad file descriptor). called a mate up who has the same model and like a bad joke he says No mine wont work ether. Any ideas how to get it to play
Thanks

 

[Deleted account 200502001]

VLC normally plays almost everything. Are they definitely avi. files?

 

[cookie]

If vlc can't play it, it's a very very weird codec, or the file is corrupted. Probably the latter I reckon.

 

[Ted]

Have formated the sd card in the camera and taken a short video on the lowest resolution settings. Camera shows up as Mass storage unit on computer, tell it to open file with VLC but still getting same message.
How would I go about checking the file is corrupted and is there a solution maybe a download fix?

Quick update: If I take the sd card out of camera and use the card slot on computer to read it all plays ok!

 

[Noddy]

Hi chaps, do you think VLC would work on my iMac ? I have a similar problem with my dash cam. Used to download it on a Windows computer and it worked just fine with short video sections but now on the iMac it just opens each section as a still photo.

 

[cookie]

i use VLC on 3 macs and it plays everything i throw at it

i also sometimes use another app called Moveist

 

[Magwych]

We went through something similar with video shot on a friend's Go-Pro. Turned out the EBay San Disk SD card was a fake. It would format to 16GB, and would claim to have recorded video but we could not get it to playback on anything.