Hello! I've got the same problem... VLC 0.9.8 compiled from sources ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/vlc-0.9.8/ --enable-x11 --enable-gtk --enable-sdl --enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --enable-mad --enable-libdvbpsi --enable-a52 --disable-dca --enable-libmpeg2 --enable-faad --enable-vorbis ...