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What's the latest previous version of VLC that support the option of opening in a player window instead of a playlist?

I just downloaded the latest mac version 3.0.18 and the behavior is the same, playback does not stop when I close the playlist window by clicking the red close button. Isn't there an option to have VLC only open a file in a player window instead of a playlist?

When I double click to start playing a file in finder, I want to stop and close VLC when I click the close button or hit cmd-w. But it just keeps playing in the background and I have to take the extra step of closing it from the taskbar and right clicking "quit" Is there a way to disable i...

On Ubuntu Linux 10.04, VLC 1.1.13 plays all videos with a blue tint (everybody looks like a smurf) unless I change the output module to "X11 video (XCB)". The older version of VLC 1.0.6 plays all videos with no tint at all using the default output, which I understand uses less CPU than swi...

Changing the output from "default" to "X11 video (XCB)" does fix the problem, but I understand this results in a higher CPU load. Right? also I've narrowed down the problem: VLC 1.1.13 displays the blue hue when output is default, but vlc 1.0.6 does not have the blue hue with the...

On one computer VLC 1.1.13 plays all videos with a blue tint (everybody looks like a smurf). On a different computer, the same version of VLC plays all videos with no tint at all. SAME EXACT HARDWARE, SAME OPERATING SYSTEM (Ubuntu Linux 10.04). (actually there's only one computer and I use 2 differe...

Ok I used dgsplit to create a new 51 Meg sample file: http://www.krissbrown.net/titanictest3_0.mp4 This file plays fine on not only windows but also one 2.4 GHz laptop running ubuntu 10.04 live USB distro, VLC 1.0.6, but pixelates/stutters on a similar machine running same exact live usb version of ...

Ok everybody, please bear with me. I've found out some more info. First of all, that file titanictest.mp4 was created by me using a program called avidemux. All I did was trim the movie so that I'd have a short sample clip. Both the complete movie and the sample clip stuttered and pixelated on my Li...

Thanks again. This is VLC 1.0.6 for Linux, but I found error resilience under input/codecs => other codecs => FFmpeg. Unfortunately, vlc still choked on the file using all values from 0 to 4. Might any of the other settings make a difference? Also is it possible to compare the version of the FFmpeg ...

Thanks! But I'm having trouble finding this option. I dont see anything about "faulty" files under INPUT/CODECS -> x264. What would the setting be called and where is it?

Lotesdelere , thank you for the technical analysis. I take no responsibility for the file's shortcomings since I didn't create the file. Nevertheless, the point is that windows VLC managed to play the file whereas Linux VLC choked on the file. So windows VLC is somehow using code that is more fault ...

Wrong in every way possible? You lost me. Would I have better luck if I update the codec for h.264 in my linux vlc?

Thanks again. Well I downloaded ffmpeg and converted the file per your syntax, however linux vlc still choked on the file (even though mediainfo now shows it as MPEG-4 instead of AVI). What else can I try? By the way I put the file out here if anybody wants to download and duplicate the error in lin...

Thanks for the reply. I compared the text output of the 2 files and saw other differences such as the codec ID and format and encoding settings (the file that won't play is AVI (not mpeg-4), H264 not avcl, and has encoding setting of 12 threads not 6. The ultimate question is what can I do to get th...

Great! Ok so I ran mediainfo on each of the 2 files. Now how do I identify the codec that is not working right on my linux machine?

Here is the output of mediainfo: http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu25 ... odbad2.jpg

I have an mp4 file that will not play on my linux VLC (it stutters & freezes) but it plays fine on windows. A different mp4 plays fine in linux. So the problem must be in the linux vlc support for the codec of this particular file. How can I find out what codec is used in this mp4 file?

Thanks so much for your reply. I tried your suggestions, but unfortunately the problem persists. Now the problem manifests on Linux (ubuntu) VLC 1.0.6 , and works fine on Windows. I posted my question here because I got no responses in the Linux section. Anyways, I tried every output module with the...

I have a .mp4 movie file that plays fine on one OS, but on a different OS, it pixelates, stutters and freezes. Is this a codec issue? How can I troubleshoot?

When I loaded the movie into avidemux, it said H.264 detected

I have a .mp4 movie file that plays fine in windows VLC, but in Linux VLC 1.0.6 it pixelates, stutters and freezes. How can I troubleshoot?

When I loaded the movie into avidemux, it said H.264 detected