vlc no ml.xspf, high cpu, maxing out single cores

[DexterIsMyHero]

Hello all. I use VLC 3.0.3 on a Dell Optiplex 790 Intel i7, 4 gigs RAM, Debian Stretch

Lately I have been reading up and trying to implement PulseAudio server to stream audio to devices on my LAN

In the process, somehow VLC has gotten borked.

I am experiencing long startup times, lots of startup errors, no ML.xspf formed.

Before, VLC playing never loaded more than 5% cpu, now just sitting there idle, 12-15%.
I tried starting vlc from terminal, to see error messages.

An endless stream of:

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[libopenmpt @ (some hex adress) openmpt_module_create_from_memory: ERROR: error loading file

And many lines :

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[mp3 @ (some hex address) ] Header missing

Plus many:

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[mp3 @ (some hex address] Failed to read frame size: Could not seek

My brain is glue from reading so many wikis, tutorials, how tos....I hope someone here canhelp me find out what needs fixed.

Thanks

[erythros]

It's difficult to suggest fix options without knowing exactly what you changed during your attempts to implement a PulseAudio server.

Did you replace any native libraries such as libopenmpt or perhaps libraries that depend on libopenmpt or ones that libopenmpt depends on?

[DexterIsMyHero]

Please mark this [SOLVED]

I stumbled onto some "temporary" ml.xspf files (with trailing alphanumerics) in

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/home/xxxx/.local/vlc

I deleted them, and VLC instantly started behaving normally. )

I don't know how or why this occurred, but deleting those files certainly fixed my issue

[erythros]

Good to know that fixed your issue!
Any chance you saw the creation timestamp of those files? That might narrow down what caused them to be created...

[DexterIsMyHero]

I jumped the gun and simply deleted them. But thanks for sharing that technique. I'll have to remember it.