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I have an iMac G5 running OS X 10.4 and when I try to open any file with VLC they wont play, occasionally the name of the file will flash but nothing else happens, someone please help me!

Delete preferences and cache.

How do I do that?

Delete:
~/Library/Preferences/org.videolan.vlc.plist
~/Library/Preferences/VLC

or, use the apple-script, which is inside a folder of the vlc-diskimage:
Goodies/Delete VLC Preferences

Hi - I have the same problem. I have deleted preferences using the tool provided twice now, and tried different disks. Still no luck. I am a new user and have read through and applied instructions from the 'play' sections of the documentation also, but I still cannot get it to work. Maybe doing something very basic wrong, but can't figure out what that is. Any steer appreciated, thanks.

System info: Macbook Pro 15" (new) with Leopard 10.5.6

Which version did you try ?
For me using a ppc too with 10.5, vlc 0.86c or 0.86i works best.
Maybe, try out one of these variants ?

I downloaded v0.9.9 released 4 April 2009. Should I try an older version? If so, are these easily accessible?

Scrap that - found it! Will try and do that tomorrow - thanks.