VLC Import Error about python-vlc

[joeisme1]

I am running into this same issue, yet I have vlc installed, and it is the 64-bit version. I have done everything, and I still can't seem to solve it.

[oaubert]

It looks like you did not install VLC itself. The python bindings only provide an interface to the libvlc.dll library, so you should install VLC to get the library.

[musindmitriy]

@oaubert Running into this same issue with VLC 3.0.8x64 and python 3.7 from Windows 10 Store

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bot.py", line 5, in <module>
    from player import Player
  File "C:\Users\Дмитрий\SnakeBot\snakebot\player.py", line 5, in <module>
    import vlc
  File "C:\Users\Дмитрий\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python37\site-packages\vlc.py", line 207, in <module>
    dll, plugin_path  = find_lib()
  File "C:\Users\Дмитрий\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python37\site-packages\vlc.py", line 163, in find_lib
    dll = ctypes.CDLL(libname)
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2032.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 364, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: [WinError 126] Не найден указанный модуль

[aryabhatta000]

Solution credit stackoverflow : python-vlc-install-problems

• [WinError 126] resolved with adding folder where libvlc.dll (i.e. your VLC player) is located to system environment - path variable
• [WinError 193] surfaces - resolved by uninstalling and reinstalling VLC 64bit for Windows
• [VLC_NetworkStreaming_BUG] VLC/lua/playlist/youtube.luac requires to be replaced with youtube.lua file

[SawonBhattacharya]

installed python-vlc
currently working on Windows 10 64 bit machine with python 3.7
Also installed VLC for 64 bit machine
But whenever I am trying to import the vlc package it's showing error as following:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "C:\Users\SAWON\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\vlc.py", line 210, in <module> dll, plugin_path = find_lib() File "C:\Users\SAWON\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\vlc.py", line 170, in find_lib dll = ctypes.CDLL('.\\' + libname) File "C:\Users\SAWON\anaconda3\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 364, in __init__ self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode) OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found

I have tried to add libvlc.dll file in the DLLs folder and then added the path of the DLLs folder; but it couldn't help much.
Please help me to debug this

[mrJean1]

Check line 170 in your vlc.py file, that point is reached when the plugin-path can not be found, despite looking in half a dozen places before that, starting at line 140. The plugin-path needs to point to a directory containing plugin optional modules needed by the libvlc.dll library.

Try to get around the problem by setting environment variable PYTHON_VLC_MODULE_PATH to the plugin-path directory, see line 114.

Also, make sure to use vlc.py version 3.+ along with the corresponding or a compatible VLC 3.+ version.