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VLC slow to start

Postby existentialpanda » 09 Mar 2013 09:38

My version of VLC has recently begun to take several minutes to open - this happens whether I'm opening a file in VLC or opening the player itself. It's also happening on multiple computers, one with Windows 7 and one with Windows 8. I've tried reinstalling it, but that did nothing. Anyone know what's wrong?

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Re: VLC slow to start

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 10 Mar 2013 01:24

Admin user?
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Re: VLC slow to start

Postby existentialpanda » 10 Mar 2013 05:41

Yes.

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Re: VLC slow to start

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 10 Mar 2013 09:32

Weird, try reinstalling, because slow start is usually missing plugins cache.
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Re: VLC slow to start

Postby existentialpanda » 10 Mar 2013 09:47

No good - I tried that just now, but it's still slow to load.

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Re: VLC slow to start

Postby androo » 16 Mar 2013 04:16

I had the same problem with current version 2.0.5 (W7 32-bit), particularly when I double-clicked a video file to launch. The problem was on two different machines. I reinstalled on both computers and it works fine now. Weird is right.


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