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If I download v2.0.6 from the VideoLAN site, the SHA-1 checksum (95157fcd449993cf0f6cb1a6810df3d4ef0eafa8) doesn't match the one I get from the file I download. I'm getting 295597049E887134727E04F4E338A2FDAC059ED8 when I download vlc-2.0.6-win32.exe . The size of the file is 22,935,034 bytes.

I've obtained the file from several other sites (Major Geeks, Techspot, FileHippo, and CNET) and the SHA-1 matches. The size of the file from those sites is 22,943,014 bytes.

Is there a problem on your end?

I may be new to this forum, but I did search for answers before I posted. I didn't think that topic really addressed the issue of incorrect checksums. I notice that it took several days to correct the version offered on this site while many users got their systems hosed by the mistake. Bad form!

I've been trying out VLC player as a possible replacement for GOM player. It looked like a real winner at first--VLC will play some files that GOM cannot. However, when skipping ahead on HD files, horrible pixelation occurs. Google searches reveal that this has been a known issue all the way back to v1.1, and although there have been promises to fix the bug, it still remains in v2.0. I really wanted to like VLC Player, but this issue is unacceptable for me. Back to GOM I go.

I don't know if this help, but you can try the nightlies versions:
http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win32/last/

Thanks for the link to the 2.1 beta. It's not any better, though; if I skip ahead, the audio disappears or the program simply crashes. I wasn't seeing all the pixelation the few times that it didn't crash, but this is worse than v2.0.6.

The checksums for the Mac OS X versions of 2.0.6 do not match, either.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=109857

Thanks for the link to the 2.1 beta. It's not any better, though; if I skip ahead, the audio disappears or the program simply crashes. I wasn't seeing all the pixelation the few times that it didn't crash, but this is worse than v2.0.6.

The 2.1.0 version uses by default a new audio output module (mmdevice), try choosing the DirectX audio or Waveout extension, that should solve the audio problem.

Advanced/All preferences->Audio->Output modules.

No joy. Tried DirectX, Win32 WaveOut, and Windows Multimedia Device. When jumping ahead in an HD file, either the sound skips, is horribly out of sync, or VLC just crashes. There's also some pixelation and occasional long pauses before the video resumes. Like I said, I'm going back to GOM, even if it means that it won't play all the file extensions that VLC will. Might give VLC another go when v3.0 comes out.