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YES!!!! Resetting the preferences SOLVED the problem.
Thank you!

Not sure exactly how to describe my problem but recently, VLC started showing incomplete video frame: things appearing on the sides do NOT show up. I play the same file in Windows Media Player and there is a bigger rectangle with the sides complete. The most evident problem is when there is text bei...

The answer provided does work (of course) but I personally still feel like an idiot. First of all, you need to open the video to select one of the tracks and that opens 2 windows and then you can select one, wasting useless time as you do so. More importantly, I see that these double-track videos ar...