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2.2.1 has some serious issues. But I was able to make it work by changing these settings: Set to either Open GL or Direct-X [Direct draw] > overlay on > disable hardware decoding. > enable threads [0=auto and doesn't work correctly] change to the number of cpu cores you have or higher. > Increase th...

:) Think I may have partially fixed this issue. Increased number of threads [Input codecs/--/ffmpeg: Threads [0 is auto] Set to the number of CPU cores you have. Not sure if [Auto] really works, but 4K30P@200Mbps plays smoothly now. Doesn't hurt to overclock your CPU/GPU either. [It only took me thr...

VLC 2.1.5 played HD and 4K30P H.264 files perfectly. Then I installed 2.2.1 on two computers and that was the end of it. I tried every possible combination of settings I know, the video freezes-macroblocks-then continues. Both my computer are very high-end editing workstations. One with AMD R9 280x ...