List of strange problems

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List of strange problems

Postby wauserfriendly » 05 Mar 2015 08:31

I'm not sure if it's VLC, the op system, or something about the videos. I have multiple strange issues.
1) It freezes and crashes frequently.
2) If I open a folder and have it play the items, each file is listed twice. I can delete them, but they tend to re-duplicate.
3) I use Ctrl-I and add Genre Information then save. I then save my playlist or exit. Sometimes the changes show, sometimes not. They do not show up duplicated when I use Finder.
4) When I click on top of a column, the sort is not correct. Many sort, but some pop up in weird places.
5) Almost 1/3 of my files are now showing up as zero duration.
6) Files that once played seem corrupt.
7) Files seem to disappear then appear. When sorting by name, they may appear in unusual places.
8) A lot of files seem to freeze then crash VLC.
9) All these .log fles keep appearing.
10) I'm really unclear if deleting files actually deletes them or just on this play list.
11) File names don't match what I see in Finder.
12) When I set column widths, it never "sticks." I have to adjust the columns each time I reopen this.

I'm using Yosemite. 10.10.2; Macbook pro 13 inch late 2011
Intel Processor
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B27
SMC Version (system): 1.68f99

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Re: List of strange problems

Postby dfuhrmann » 05 Mar 2015 18:58

Which VLC version do you try?

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Re: List of strange problems

Postby wauserfriendly » 06 Mar 2015 21:07

Version 2.1.5 Rincewind (Intel 64bit) for the Mac

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Re: List of strange problems

Postby dfuhrmann » 07 Mar 2015 00:25

Try VLC 2.2 and reset preferences.

But generally I'm not aware of such problems you are describing.

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Re: List of strange problems

Postby wauserfriendly » 07 Mar 2015 00:58

I downloaded the new version (I did not delete the old one). I reset the preferences. Files still show up twice even though there is only one copy. Sorting by Genre will sort some files (blank then *) then seem to randomly sort. Blank genre's appear then ones with text, then blank ones. I haven't open or run anything yet.

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Re: List of strange problems

Postby wauserfriendly » 07 Mar 2015 00:59

I just noticed that your replies online have a date of 7/2/2012. ;)

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Re: List of strange problems

Postby dfuhrmann » 07 Mar 2015 10:27

Yes, I joined this forum quite some time ago already. :-)

For your issues, I think you should be more precise here: What are you actually talking about? Folders? Playlists? Media Library? Existing playlists which might have duplicates?

Please describe a single problem step by step, and how you can reproduce it (starting with a clean VLC install and fresh preferences). Then we might be able to find your issues.

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Re: List of strange problems

Postby wauserfriendly » 23 Dec 2016 00:59

I have reinstalled and most have gone away. The only odd thing is that the columns for playlists sometimes collapse and I have to move the lines to see them.


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