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Disable hardware decoding or change video output?

Tried both. It didn't make a difference at all. VLC still automatically shuts down as soon as I try to open something in it.

Reset preferences? Tried a fresh install with all setting restarted, but did the same thing eventually, and all I changed was an audio setting so I can get the direct output. I've gone back to 3.0.1 until someone posts any other suggestions or a new version comes out that doesn't chuck a fit on my ...

Windows Multimedia Session is the correct answer! Automatic was simply selecting that for me...for some reason, Automatic didn't work before when I was trying to get normal DTS...maybe I forgot to restart between settings changes.

That was probably it. Enjoy the amazing audio!

v3.0.3: Tools > Preferences > Audio Change the "HDMI/SPDIF audio passthrough" to Enabled. Restart VLC. I did this, and my Pre-amp automatically started detecting DTS-X and ATMOS. You might also need to make sure your Receiver is set to "Direct". You need wasapi for HD codecs. Yo...

This is what I am set to, which gets me DTS, but not DTS HD or TrueHD. https://imgur.com/a/X3rBZxT https://imgur.com/a/X3rBZxT Make sure you have the latest VLC. Anything older than 3.0.1 does not support, or at least display, the audio codecs correctly. It will downsample, or even just display as ...

Worked for about an hour of testing out movies, then would no longer run properly. Upon opening a video file, VLC screen flashes then disappears. No trace of it in Task Manager. Nothing in the event viewer at the time of it having the issue. Anyone else had this issue? I tried re-installing 3.0.1 (6...

v3.0.3:
Tools > Preferences > Audio
Change the "HDMI/SPDIF audio passthrough" to Enabled. Restart VLC.

I did this, and my Pre-amp automatically started detecting DTS-X and ATMOS. You might also need to make sure your Receiver is set to "Direct".