Vlc your output cant be opened

I have used VLC to download and convert mp4 to mp3 .all good but when i right click to open with vlc i get an error your output can not be opened.I have googled information ,i find a lot of methods for windows but i can not find any help for Linux.

 Garuda Linux x86_64
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            .tt8x          .d            x88;     Uptime: 1 hour, 6 mins
         .@8x8;          .db:              xx@;
       ,tSXX°          .bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbB8x@;  Packages: 1583 (pacman)
     .SXxx            bBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbSBX8;  Shell: fish
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     dxXd    dB8b8b8B8B08bB88b998888b88x.         Memory: 2801MiB / 15484MiB (18%)
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System:    Kernel: 5.10.12-116-tkg-bmq x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
           parameters: intel_pstate=passive BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-tkg-bmq
           root=UUID=2688f1ac-d69b-454d-bac8-5daf39bea098 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash
           rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
           loglevel=3
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
           Distro: Garuda Linux
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: TUF Gaming FA506II_FX506II v: 1.0
           serial: <filter>
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FA506II v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends
           v: FA506II.309 date: 07/02/2020
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 38.8 Wh condition: 39.1/48.2 Wh (81%) volts: 3.9/11.9
           model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Unknown
CPU:       Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
           arch: Zen 2 family: 17 (23) model-id: 60 (96) stepping: 1 microcode: 8600104
           L2 cache: 4 MiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 92708
           Speed: 1397 MHz min/max: 1400/2900 MHz boost: disabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1397
           2: 1396 3: 1397 4: 1396 5: 1405 6: 1485 7: 1325 8: 1202 9: 1397 10: 1396 11: 1396
           12: 1397 13: 1397 14: 1397 15: 1397 16: 1397
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected
           Type: mds status: Not affected
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected
           Type: spec_store_bypass
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP:
           conditional, RSB filling
           Type: srbds status: Not affected
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A
           alternate: nouveau bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1f95
           Device-2: AMD Renoir vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 05:00.0
           chip ID: 1002:1636
           Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-4:2
           chip ID: 13d3:56a2 serial: <filter>
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: amdgpu
           unloaded: modesetting alternate: ati,fbdev,vesa display ID: :0 screens: 1
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
           Monitor-1: eDP res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142 size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6")
           diag: 395mm (15.5")
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.40.0 5.10.12-116-tkg-bmq LLVM 11.0.1)
           v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.4 direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: AMD vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 05:00.1
           chip ID: 1002:1637
           Device-2: AMD Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor driver: N/A
           alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x bus ID: 05:00.5 chip ID: 1022:15e2
           Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
           bus ID: 05:00.6 chip ID: 1022:15e3
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.12-116-tkg-bmq
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: AzureWave
           driver: rtw_8822ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8822ce port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0
           chip ID: 10ec:c822
           IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 124.14 GiB (26.0%)
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PCP3512F-AB
           size: 476.94 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
           serial: <filter> rev: ECFK52.3 temp: 41.9 C
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 124.14 GiB (26.0%)
           fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 560 KiB (0.2%)
           fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
           ID-3: /home raw size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 124.14 GiB (26.0%)
           fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
           ID-4: /var/log raw size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
           used: 124.14 GiB (26.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
           ID-5: /var/tmp raw size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
           used: 124.14 GiB (26.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache pressure: 75 (default 100)
           ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram0
           ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram1
           ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram2
           ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram3
           ID-5: swap-5 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram4
           ID-6: swap-6 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram5
           ID-7: swap-7 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram6
           ID-8: swap-8 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram7
           ID-9: swap-9 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram8
           ID-10: swap-10 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram9
           ID-11: swap-11 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram10
           ID-12: swap-12 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram11
           ID-13: swap-13 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram12
           ID-14: swap-14 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram13
           ID-15: swap-15 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram14
           ID-16: swap-16 type: zram size: 967.8 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram15
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 67.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:      Processes: 332 Uptime: 1h 06m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.12 GiB used: 4.18 GiB (27.6%)
           Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1583 lib: 491
           Shell: fish v: 3.1.2 running in: alacritty inxi: 3.2.02

Moved and edit your post. Greetings SGS

  1. Best ask VLC if you will use VLC
  2. Use mpv like all here do :wink:
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Oh fantastic thanks ill take your advice cheers

Ok i have you tubed mpv as a player i can find alot of information .But to convert the you tube videos from mp4 to mp3 i have hit a wall.

Do you know youtube-dl

man youtube-dl

Can maybe do what you like :slight_smile:

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Oh thanks so much Ive never heard of this .

Thanks you make it sound so simple it will take me 12 months to learn how to use this lol found a you tube tutorial .

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