This first appeared shortly after I updated to 3.0.3. The video freezes randomly, although the audio continues. After maybe 5-10 seconds the video comes back. If I rewind I can sometimes play the missing seconds, although they might also freeze again.
I don't get the the buzzing that another user reported, and the freeze is only happening with mkv files. I thought at first it was just with new files, but I'm re-watching something from a few months ago that I had watched with no problems using 3.0.2 and its now freezing a lot. I've also had VLC crash a few times but its always been when it reaches the end of an MKV file.
Problem playing mkv files
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Re: Problem playing mkv files
Disable hardware decoding in preferences.
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Re: Problem playing mkv files
Thank you. That seems to have fixed it. I think its also improved the quality of the video a little. Some files had been noticeably darker with poorer contrast after the update, but I put that down to some dodgy encoding.
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Re: Problem playing mkv files
Can you share the logs when it freezes?Thank you. That seems to have fixed it. I think its also improved the quality of the video a little. Some files had been noticeably darker with poorer contrast after the update, but I put that down to some dodgy encoding.
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