Gosh, here's one more: there's something funny with this "Default volume" setting as well. I set it to, say, 30, and next time I open VLC, the volume is set to 28! (In settings too, the same value (28).) Go figure!
It looks like everytime they fix something with every new release, they break more of the more basic and mundane features
(Note that this time I've left "Save volume on exit" unchecked.)