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I've been using VLC for years and the OSD only displayed the volume % text, never showed me an orange bar until today

This is done by the OSD, you can disable it in the Preferences -> Subtitles/OSD tab.
You need to save and to restart VLC after the change.

Okay ty, but won't that mean that I won't see the volume % text when I change volume? I still want that text, just not the bar.

This orange bar in the screenshot below never used to appear. The text saying Volume 91% is normal, but not the bar, it's unecessary, what setting will remove it please? https://i.postimg.cc/T3yB08Rq/vlc-volume-orange-bar-screenshot.png VLC version I'm using is 3.0.17 Vetinari if that helps (Win10)

Yes, turns out that was the cause.

In the last few days I have noticed VLC glitching a few times a day. The image freezes, and around 10 seconds of audio repeats on a loop, and the window becomes unresponsive. I couldn't find much reference to anyone else having this problem much less a solution. I have tried re-installing, and have ...

My friends and I are desperate for this feature, which would be super easy to implement and I think is a natural progression.