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Thanks, resetting the preferences did the trick.

Any idea of which "setting" could break file reading in this way ?

Strange. Would it be a missing codec on my side ? Or maybe I need a VLC 3.0.16 compiled with more features than those in the standard binary ?

Also, have you tried skipping ahead or rewinding ? When I do, the video stops playing immediately...

Video file posted here:
https://easyupload.io/tav9g3

Password is "vlc", and I set the file to last only for 15 days, so please download it fast.

I let the video run for 5s before trying to skip ahead, which stopped the playback. And I had let VLC rebuild the index. Here is the log: https://pastebin.com/Mb1e9K6X How do I upload a "sample" of a video file ? Won't editing a copy to a shorter size defeat the purpose, by creating a newl...

Hello, I recently upgraded to VLC 3.0.16, and files which used to play just fine with VLC now are seen as "broken", require an index re-creation, and, even when I do recreate the index, the playback stops if I try to skip ahead, or rewind. On older versions (I cannot remember the exact ver...