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Hmm I may have been on the wrong track. After I set a lower resolution on the new account - vlc stopped rendering. I set the display resolution back to the (max) default - it worked again. I went back to my original account. If I set the display resolution to the max default then vlc works. Otherwi...

The CPU is overloaded because VLC reads the media tags for every file in the playlist... For linux theres a package name "cpulimit", that allowed me (limitiing VLC to 10% CPU usage) to cool down my laptop' CPU to ~65°C instead of 95°C :oops: - while loading a huge m3u playlist Yeah thats c...

For linux theres a package name "cpulimit", that allowed me cool my CPU down to 70°C (instead of 95°C) while loading a huge m3u playlist with remote files... (!)

As workaround for dropping a folder from a samba share into the playlist: * "Allow only one instance" and "Enqueue items into playlist in one instance mode" options must be checked in the preferences.. * Then with nemo or nautilus you can right click the folder, choose "open...

With gnome, using the right-button over a folder from a SMB share opened in nautilus or nemo, and selecting "VLC" in the "open with..." contextual sub-menu, the folder is added to playlist as a local folder (using gvfs) eg: /run/user/1000/gvfs/.... and it can be read. But when yo...