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The file ends in .mp4 and when I check "Properties" of the video I see: "Type of file: MP4 Video File (.mp4)"

That's all I know.

I googled the error and I guess vlc can't handle mp4 and subtitles? And this has been true for years? People said converting mp4 to mkv solves the subtitle issue. Which is true. But converting mp4 to mkv using vlc causes the audio to stutter every 5 seconds. I think I'm just going to ditch VLC and u...

Thank you! I started a vid, added subs, got a crash. It was actually too long for pastebin, so I truncated the log because it was just the same lines over and over. I hope that's okay. Log results here: -- logger module started -- main: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc w...

VLC crashes whenever I add srt subtitles. No error message. Video screen just goes black. Happens for multiple videos and srt files but not *all* video files. One mp4 works fine, another mp4 does not. Tried uninstalling and re-installing. No change. Tried resetting preferences and cache. No change.