No player could be created for:

This seems to be a recurring error in ELAN. I think this error resurfaced because I recently updated Java on my computer (but it could be a completely different reason):

Now when opening a newish ELAN project (other older ELAN projects don’t seem to bring up this problem), I get this ELAN very, very long error message:

No player could be created for:
-file:[correct pathway to file]
JDSPlayer cannot handle the file: Cannot play back the file. The format is not supported.
JFXMediaPlayer cannot handle the file: Unrecognized file signature!
Failing to load VLCJ Player.
Is VLC properly installed?
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Unable to load library ‘libvlc’:
The specified module could not be found.

The specified module could not be found.

The specified module could not be found.

Native library (win32-x86-64/lbvlc.dll) not found in resource path ([very, very long string of pathways])
The JavaSound media player does not support the media file: Stream of unsupported format


I’m wondering if there could be something wrong with the audio file format? But it looks alright to me:
wav, 44100Hz, 32-bit float

Reading some of the other threads regarding this error message has not helped.

However, after I dismiss the error message, the project opens and I seem to be able to work on the project without further problems. Audio works, etc. It’s now just annoying having to view and dismiss this error message every time I open this project.

Java is:
Version 8 Update 411 (build 1.8.0_411-b09)

Thank you in advance.

Jason

Hello Jason,

The image you attached shows an error message concerning a .pfsx file (an ELAN preferences file), which is not a media file and probably has been linked as a media file by accident. You can verify this in Edit->Linked Files..., if the table indeed lists a .pfsx file and a .wav file, select the .pfsx file and click the Remove button. This should (after saving) prevent the message next time you open the ELAN file.

ELAN doesn’t maintain a list of “known” or “supported” media files (differs per platform and media framework) and simply tries to create a media player for any file the user has selected as a media file. Currently only .eaf files are “filtered out”, maybe we can add .pfsx to that.

-Han