Question / Help Windows 10 cannot open flv file after I associated .flv file with obs64.exe

[rebob]

In WIndows 10 I associated the flv file extension with obs64.exe and I no longer can open an flv file. In OBS Studio when I try to open a flv file through "File | Show Recording" I get two error messages: "Failed to find locale/en-US.ini" followed by "Failed to load locale".

How do I fix my mistake? Should I uninstall and reinstall the program? Or is there a way to use regedit to fix the problem?

Thanks, rebob

 

[Zeros.81]

Try this
https://windowsinstructed.com/how-to-reset-file-associations-in-windows-10/

 

[koala]

You don't assign any file extensions to OBS, you assign file extensions to the appropriate media player(s) you use to view it. OBS isn't a media player that is supposed to start on clicking a video file.
So reassign the *.flv file type back to your media player by right-clicking a *.flv file, choose open with, choose other app, then choose your media player and check the option to always open with that app.

 

[rebob]

Thanks for the suggestions, but they did not help.
I changed the .flv file association to Windows Media Player as the default, but this does not solve the problem. When I am running OBS and I select the Menu option "File | Show Recordings" I see the contents of my folder holding my .flv and .mp4 files. When I select a .flv file and click on it, instead of OBS opening the file, Windows Media Player gets launched and tells me that the .flv file is not a format it recognizes. So I am still unable to have OBS open the .flv file. I think I need to *remove* the association between the .flv extension and a program, not change it to a media player or another program.

 

[R1CH]

Use VLC for playing back videos, it will handle everything. OBS does not play back recorded files.

 

[rebob]

Thanks, but the problem is not with playing back the .mp4 video files I remuxed from the .flv format. I can use the player that comes with Win10 to view them. My problem is with using the .fIv files. I thought that the .flv file is a "project" file for OBS and I wanted to be able to launch OBS by clicking on one of my .flv files. So I associated the .flv extension with OBS. Apparently the .flv file is just a video format and not a project file. I apologize for my misunderstanding on how OBS works. The acronym "RTFM" is true again in this case. ;)

 

[Zeros.81]

When I am running OBS and I select the Menu option "File | Show Recordings" I see the contents of my folder holding my .flv and .mp4 files. When I select a .flv file and click on it, instead of OBS opening the file, Windows Media Player gets launched and tells me that the .flv file is not a format it recognizes

The "Show Recordings" opens a windows explorer folder where you can access to your recordings. It's not an OBS window.
I recommend you to associate .flv to VLC or MPC-HC ir order to play the videos

 

[rebob]

rafealsolano, you and Zeros.81 and R1Ch are totally correct that VLC is the solution! I installed VLC and then associated VLC with the .flv file extension and now I can view my .flv files without having to Remux the file into an mp4 format. And it looks like I can change the "Settings | Output | Recording format" option to "mp4" if I want to avoid the Remux step. Thanks for your suggestions.

 

[koala]

To be on the safe side with mp4, go to Settings->Advanced->Recording and activate "automatically remux to mp4 (record as mkv)". This way, OBS writes to the most safe format (mkv), and after a recording has finished, it automatically remuxes to *.mp4. You only have to make sure you have enough disk space for the remuxing.

Directly writing to mp4 while recording is not recommended, because your whole recording is permanently destroyed if OBS isn't able to gracefully end the recording. An mkv (as well as flv) is robust against prematurely ending recordings.

 

[rebob]

Thanks for pointing out the problem with direct writing to mp4. I will leave the output to flv and manually remux to mp4. I knew there must have been a reason to default to flv!