VLC not displaying h264 anymore.

I use to be able to play any dvd/blu ray i had ripped to h264 using dvdfab(legit copy) in vlc. all of a sudden. it only plays audio. dvds play fine in the original format. I even tried using Nero reencode to convert a short movie as a test. same results. they play fine in windows movie and tv app(except no sound because of the dts track(unless I convert to ac3, then it plays audio). I have uninstalled vlc and reinstalled it many times, but cant get h264 to display anymore. this has been going on now for over a week. I haven't changed any settings on my computer in the last few months. i do keep dvdfab updated when ever a update is released.

 

yes I removed everything that was part of vlc. I then ran ccleaner to clean up afterwards.

 

yep

 

No, haven't made a backup in a while. Just started doing blu rays and DVDs again.

 

I don't mind running them in windows movie and tv app. I just prefer vlc since it can play dts. I guess I just have to reencode to ac3 audio format from now on.

 

I will have to try it tomorrow since it's getting late

 

I don't know anything about the OS of a Playstation but you might try this app for your movies with dts audio, if you can install it-
https://www.leawo.com/knowledge/play-video-with-free-video-player.html

Also, unless you have an AVCHD-DVDs, I don't know why you're ripping DVD-Video discs to mpeg-4 (h264) when the video is only mpeg-2 and there's no DTS.

 

Doesn't work after system restore

 

Nope

 

I was playing spiderman no way home, then the next time vlc didn't work

 

I wonder if you would upload a file, which won't play correctly, to a website such as dropbox, share it, and get a link to it which you can post here? You could also ZIP it and post the .zip file here.

 

They play correctly in windows built in movie player app. It also plays on a old western digital media player no problem. This is strange that it won't play in vlc properly. It only plays audio not the video track.

 

I asked because I wanted to try it in VLC. Care to give me one?

 

Install klite standard aka media player classic (mpc). If when playing a vid it looks weird due to oddball resolution or whatever, right click in player window to bring up adjustments or fine tuning options to better suit the vid for viewing pleasure
https://www.codecguide.com/download_k-lite_codec_pack_standard.htm

ps: future updates of mpc once installed it will give option of only upgrading the bits that have changed, aka quick upgrade. On original install deselect the option of offers as it will open a web page to klite after install. It doesn't take long to check what you require so check carefully as there's a number of option windows. Once set it won't have to be done again, tho once your familiar with mpc it's pretty quick to re-install with your preferred settings. I've never bothered to check to see f it has option to create a save settings file