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Update: problem persists in VLC version 3.1.8 and iOS version 12.2

Details of a recent experiment, as this problem persists in the latest versions of VLC and iOS. (I have only tested this on an iPhone SE with either headphones (3.5mm jack ones) or using the iPhone internal speaker.) I extracted a few half-hour m4a files from some youtube videos and edited the tags ...

I also still have this problem in the latest versions of iOS and VLC.

There is no workaround that I can find (apart from reformatting an album into a single mp3 file). However, I am now getting quite adept at waking my phone up at the end of each track of an album.

VLC 3.1.4, iOS 12.1.1 iPhone SE, bluetooth turned off, standard headphones plugged in, 'raise to wake' turned off. This occurs for mp3 and m4a files. I have not tried any other file types. It also happens with bluetooth turned on (although I have not tried bluetooth headphones), and also if the iPho...

Update: problem persists in VLC version 3.1.3

Playing a music album in the background (i.e. screen is blank) causes the next track in the list to be muted. The sound returns if you wake the screen up (to the lock screen). The lock screen music app shows that the track has still been playing, just without sound. The sound returns immediately on ...