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VLC is not using the Win32 API to access files. It's using the CRT, as are more C applications.

Will VLC ever be updated to support long filenames or not?

What version of windows do you have? What version of VLC are you running 32 bit or 64 bit? 32 Bit Windows natively has a character limit on filepaths of 256, this includes C:\ & folder names - you can increase this limit through group policy or registry editing, however not all 32 bit apps will...

Can we get some feedback on this issue as to whether or not VLC will ever be updated to support long path/file names? Nobody needs to share logs on this issue, it's easily reproduced. It's gotten to the point that I've made Win10 "Movies and TV" open MP4 files by default.