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I recently learned that VLC can record anything it can play and I would like to use this feature to fix my broken mpg files. They play fine, but skipping backward does not work. Analyzing the files, I found out that the audio stream has broken headers. Video stream is fine. However, I don't know how...

Hi, After having found a good scene in a movie (such as an explosion in an action movie), I often rewind a few seconds and then watch it in singlestep (E key) or do things like play for 1/2 second, pause, rewind again, singlestep, play, ... This way, I often encounter freezes or even crashes of VLC....

Oh, thanks for the warning. I'm using a Radeon 7750 and AFAIK, the amdgpu driver supoorts this old card now too. And indeed, I planned to switch to amdgpu in near future.

And thanks for saving me the time testing mplayer / smplayer.

Well ... from the "dumb user" perspective it feels strange that an issue that's specific to a file format should be a video driver bug. But the more important question is: If we try to file a bug report for the display driver, how can we describe the bug details so they won't reject it rig...

I have some news ... it looks like some sort of initialization problem. After clicking on stop and play several times, the video plays. Sometimes it helps to add a video in a different format to the playlist and play that one for a few seconds, then return to the wmv video.

well ... I've tried with VDPAU and other output drivers. Is that what you mean ?

Hi, I haven't watched wmv files for a while, so I don't know in which version the issue was introduced. But currently, wmv files look like this: http://fs5.directupload.net/images/161210/flqlf7oj.png I've tried all "Ouptput" options, none worked (can't tell for "ASCII art) All the wmv...

I'm using VLC 2.2.2 (build date Mar 7, 2016) on Arch Linux 64bit and I also have trouble with wmv files. Not sure if it's the same issue, because the occurence is a bit different: When I just open the file and play it, everything is fine. But when I use the position slider or Ctrl-Right, it starts s...

I'm wondering if I'm the only one who uses these features (maxumim slow motion and single step) at all or if I'm the only one one who has problems using them.

Hi, Generally, I'd like to say that VLC is my favorite player because of the user-friendly UI and the numerous playing options. However, I'm having some trouble while using some of the options. I love to watch some FX scenes (e.g. explosions) in ultra slow motion or single step. For switching to slo...

Yes, that would be a valid option, too. So, if Imerge your proposal with mine, the options would be: Title from playlist (if any) Filename Title from file's metadata Maybe the best way would be to specify some kind of a priority (like the boot order in BIOS setup) instead of selecting one option. Bu...

Hi, I would like to have a few options to control the display of media titles. 1) optionally disable splitting the title into artist, album, title. I use VLC exclusively for watching videos. So, there is no such thing as an "Album" or an "Artist", only a title. That's why I remov...

Hi, I have just created an M3U playlist of a TV series that I have recorded using VDR. As I avoid NLS chars and blanks in filenames, the main purpose of the playlist (compared to just dragging all files from the file manager to the VLC playlist window) was the possibility to add titles with NLS char...

I think it is a bug, as I am affected too. On most mkv files, everything is fine at the start. But after a while, it goes out of sync. Sometimes without doing anything, sometimes after pause / resume and sometimes when changing position within the file, no matter if I do it by keyboard (e.g. alt-lef...

Deleting the config helped only for a short time. It seems to be an issue when using multiple instances of VLC. But I don't want to give up using multiple instances ... Let me explan the way I use VLC: I have two PC's. One is running 24/7 (therefore it's built to save energy, making it unsuitable fo...

Hi there, I am using VLC for videos exclusively. Never vor music. Some of the movies have very long titles, so I want to use as much ot the playlist window's width as possible for the title. So, I removed all columns except the title and the playing time. But when I close and reopen VLC, the "A...

Sometimes, I have the same problem, not olny but mostly when watching mpeg2 transport streams (recorded with the VDR software). In mos cases, it helps to kill the pulseaudio demon: Open a terminal, and execute pulseaudio -k Pulseaudio will immediately restart itself after being killed. In some cases...

Hi there, I have a problem (not only) with changing screen configurations: most times, I use only one screen, 1400x1050. sometimes (when watching movies), I add a second screen, 1920x1200, that is normally connected to the other PC. This means, VLC may find a different screen resolution. on every st...

Are there plans to fix it ?

Hi there, I am using VLC to play raw .vdr files. VDR splits files during a recording session, so I often have multiple files in a playlist that are in fact one movie. Everytime when VLC player switches to the next file, it forgets some of my playing settings, e.g. the playing speed, the selectd audi...

Hi there, I have a movie in demultiplexed streams: myMovie.mpv and MyMovie.mpa According to many docs around the web, it should be possible to play them by using the "Advanced Open File" dialog. There, I first add the video file. Then, I check the "Show more options" box, also th...