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I have the new vlc (0.7.2) and I had 0.7.0 and it did not do this, it will open the first file and play it and then after that it wont play any other. It comes up with a gray screen, the sound plays and when I close vlc, the gray screen closes and you see the video playing behind it for a split second and it closes. Pleas help!!!! I love this new version but it isn't working! I have rebooted and no luck. Thanks for any help.

Try resetting your preferences

upgraded to 0.7.2 from 0.7.1 then picture dissapiered.
Did not help reset settings.
Looking good at full screen.
Did not had this probs whith 0.7.1

I tested it at full screen and it works great that way but not smaller, still gray screen, and resetting settings did not do it, HELP!!!

I have a similar problem.

sometimes when i start a video the interface have the good size but the video is not displayed. When i press the button F for full screen the picture appear in the little screen and one second after I have the video in full screen.
When I return to the little screen with F, i have the video 1 second and disapear. I have only a grey screen.

Bye.

Sometimes i've the same problem, i've already tried to reset the settings of vlc 0.7.2 Final.

-Winxp sp1, athlon xp 2000+ mobile, 512mb ram, geforce 4 go

Try preferences->interface-wxwindows
and disable the embedded video option and restart VLC.

See if this helps.

I did that and it worked, but I want to keep the controls at the top of the video. That is why I loved this new update because it kept those contols at the top where you could adjust things, I don't like how you play a video and it covers up the bar to pause, adjust sound etc. Also a big problem is when I associate files and have done what you asked, every time I open a file and then close the video the bar stays there and if I click on another file it opens up another bar and after how ever many files I open I have that many bars to close. I want it the way you have made it for the new release and have it working please!! Any other suggestions?? Thank you for your help.

I had the same problem (in Linux) and I fixed it changing the video output device. I do not know if this is also the problem in Windows.