Restart playing after pausing

[cyberwizeguy]

Could someone please help a newbie on how to get VLC to start playing again from the spot I paused it. The only way I can get it to start playing again is by restarting it from the beginning. I'll be half way thru a video and pause it to write something down and nothing happens when I click the play button again.
I have to keep starting from the beginning all over again every time I pause it.

help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Richie

[Twisted_Daemon]

Ok... That really shouldn't be happening in the first place.

I'd just download a different version of VLC where the play/pause function works. VLC 8.6 is a pretty stable one if you want to try that.

[Arite]

Twisted_Daemon is right, when you press the Play/Pause button (or Spacebar - the Keyboard hotkey for it), then the video should just pause at where it is. You should then just be able to press the Play/Puase button (or Spacebar) again in order for it to continue playing. The video may not pause instantly (so could miss a couple of seconds), however to skip back 3 seconds just use "Shift + Left Arrow" or, for 10 seconds, "Alt + Left Arrow".

If the above in not happening, and when you pause a video you end up having to starting from the beginning again (what you described), then does that occur for all video files, or just one specific one? If the later, then what is the container format and the codecs used in it?

Cheers, Arite.