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Had nothing but trouble with VLC 3 (crashing, sudden stops, weird colors), feels like I am beta testing. This was not ready for release. To go from rock solid 2.2.8 to this unstable version does nothing but wreck VLC's good reputation.

Been having same problems.. other post here > https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=144797
Rolling back to an earlier version now so I can actually use it, hope it gets sorted quick cos you are right about their good rep and people can be little patient for things.

Yes, it absolutely should.

I've just upgraded my existing VLC to Vetinari and as a result I've lost my media library. The media files are still on the drive but the new version of VLC can't see them, despite the fact that I clicked 'Upgrade and keep settings'.

I've just spent ten minutes googling how to reinstate the link to the media library but when I open the 'Playlist' menu, click the 'All' radio button and then try to select the Playlist icon, VLC just hangs - and the only way to stop it seems to be by using CTRL+ALT+DELETE to close the program.

Aside from the fact that it's not working, this is a stupid way of doing things anyway. No one should have to navigate through 'Playlist' to add their media library. When you install VLC it should ask you where the library is - that should be the first thing it does. This is poor usability.

Yes

Had nothing but trouble with VLC 3 (crashing, sudden stops, weird colors), feels like I am beta testing. This was not ready for release. To go from rock solid 2.2.8 to this unstable version does nothing but wreck VLC's good reputation.

Disable hardware decoding.

Had nothing but trouble with VLC 3 (crashing, sudden stops, weird colors), feels like I am beta testing. This was not ready for release. To go from rock solid 2.2.8 to this unstable version does nothing but wreck VLC's good reputation.

Disable hardware decoding.

That worked thanks!

The question is why did it work ?

Had nothing but trouble with VLC 3 (crashing, sudden stops, weird colors), feels like I am beta testing. This was not ready for release. To go from rock solid 2.2.8 to this unstable version does nothing but wreck VLC's good reputation.

Disable hardware decoding.

That worked thanks!

The question is why did it work ?

Because your drivers are buggy.

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