# Background video loop black screen (solved) **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 11, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/background-video-loop-black-screen-solved/191 "2019-07-11T14:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dancoLgh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/quelea.discourse.group/dancolgh/32/57_2.png) [@dancoLgh](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/dancoLgh)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/background-video-loop-black-screen-solved/191/1 "2019-07-11T14:01:50Z")
if I put a theme with a video loop when the video ends and it starts again, a black screen appears ![com-video-to-gif](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/quelea/original/1X/87de666ade9ee57b268557bdf309d5fe7dcc0311.gif) ---
**Author:** ![berry120](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/quelea.discourse.group/berry120/32/4_2.png) [@berry120](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/berry120)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/background-video-loop-black-screen-solved/191/2 "2019-07-11T14:07:26Z")
Hey, do the instructions at the top of the page here help at all? [https://quelea-projection.github.io/docs/Troubleshooting](https://quelea-projection.github.io/docs/Troubleshooting) ---
**Author:** ![dancoLgh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/quelea.discourse.group/dancolgh/32/57_2.png) [@dancoLgh](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/dancoLgh)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/background-video-loop-black-screen-solved/191/3 "2019-07-19T17:11:12Z")
I did all the steps but it did not work šŸ˜• ![png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/quelea/original/1X/e5359db67a30c353601e0e561472edfd5eb9d494.jpeg) ![png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/quelea/original/1X/31444991d38e5d23eba001c1c2fac27dc7a92cbd.jpeg) ![png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/quelea/original/1X/c417c38e57fc7a0489c9f76ee21073b842524a47.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dancoLgh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/quelea.discourse.group/dancolgh/32/57_2.png) [@dancoLgh](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/dancoLgh)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/background-video-loop-black-screen-solved/191/4 "2019-07-19T18:42:46Z")
solves it by installing an older version. the version is vlc 2.0.0 [http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/2.2.0/win64/vlc-2.2.0-win64.exe](http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/2.2.0/win64/vlc-2.2.0-win64.exe) šŸ„° ---
**Author:** ![DGuice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@DGuice](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/DGuice)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/background-video-loop-black-screen-solved/191/5 "2019-07-24T22:36:40Z")
DancoLgh, Congratulations my brother!!! You have solved an issue that has driven me crazy for ages. I downgraded VLC to 2.2 and upgraded Quelea to 2019.1 a great combination. And no more black screen on the motion backgrounds!!! Happy days. David ---
**Author:** ![brumac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@brumac](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/brumac)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/background-video-loop-black-screen-solved/191/6 "2019-07-29T21:27:05Z")
I will try this for my own background video problems. Are you using the 64-bit or 32-bit versions of Quelea and vlc? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DGuice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@DGuice](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/DGuice)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/background-video-loop-black-screen-solved/191/7 "2019-07-31T23:55:26Z")
64 Bit here. So far it seems stable. David ---
**Author:** ![cleverdesigner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/quelea.discourse.group/cleverdesigner/32/213_2.png) [@cleverdesigner](https://quelea.discourse.group/u/cleverdesigner)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://quelea.discourse.group/t/background-video-loop-black-screen-solved/191/8 "2021-03-18T23:56:25Z")
I thought I would bump this as I just ran into this issue with Quelea 2020.0 on a Windows 10 laptop (This one actually: [AN515-54-5812 - Tech Specs | Laptops | Acer United States](https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/NH.Q59AA.002)) I also ran into the ā€œblack screen blinkā€ on the looped video after it had been running on the laptop fantastic for a few weeks. I found this post and followed the advice down the thread and the github troubleshooting page. No joy. Deep diving in the VLC forums helped me find a couple things that helped and now Iā€™m no longer getting that black screen as the video loops. If you are running into this, try the following: - Install the latest version of VLC (ATM: 3.0.12 Vetinari, 64-bit in most cases ā€”okay, my case) Select a custom install and select ā€œDelete preferences and cacheā€ at the very bottom of the choices in the Choose Components dialog. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/quelea/original/1X/01999729c5b09a056b3e8b6b3d7d3b3952a60076.png) (Note: True, you could also open the current VLC Media Player on your system to access the simple preferences Tools \> Preferences (Ctrl+P) and click on "Reset Preferences in the Simple Preferences dialog. But Iā€™m approaching this assuming youā€™re dealing with an older version of VLC and may have applied multiple tweaks at this point. Why not start fresh?) - Once installed, Launch the VLC Media player to access the simple preferences. To do this, go to the menu and drill down to Tools \> Preferences (Ctrl+P) \> Input/Codecs - In the ā€œCodecsā€ pane make sure that ā€œHardware-accelerated decodingā€ is set to ā€œAutomaticā€ From what I understand, this apparently allows VLC some latitude in handling video and apparently poses some function that helps avoid the blink. While this seems like a nuclear option, it has since been working like it did prior. It could be argued that I needed to merely dump my cache, tweak this or that, but after wrestling with two services with blinky songs, and now back to normal, Iā€™m just glad it resolved. Best of luck to you!