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How to fix Green Screen issue in VLC when playing an RTMP stream

How to fix Green Screen issue in VLC when playing an RTMP stream

If you are experiencing a green screen issue when playing an RTMP stream in VLC media player, this guide will help you resolve the problem.

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Written by Chris Edwards
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Common Cause of the Green Screen Issue

Hardware Acceleration Conflict – VLC’s hardware-accelerated decoding may not properly handle the RTMP stream

How to Fix the Green Screen Issue

Disable Hardware Acceleration

The most effective fix is to disable VLC’s hardware acceleration:

  • Open VLC Media Player

  • Navigate to Tools > Preferences

  • Go to Input/Codecs

  • Locate Hardware-accelerated decoding and set it to Disable

  • Click Save and restart VLC

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