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vlc package

  1. Bug #696841
  2. Comment #60

Comment 60 for bug 696841

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Andrew (sl4rtyb4rtf4st) wrote :

I have had this issue for years, strange enough is this the first time I took the time to see if there was a fix. I had the attitude that with free software you take the slight irritations with the good...

Most of the "fixes" in this thread did nothing for me, until I reached the fix which fixed the issue for me:
tools -> audio -> Output module -> ALSA audio output
        -> Device -> Playback/recoding through the PulseAudio sound server

Wow that was a relatively easy fix for years worth of shift arrow pressing and mild annoyance.
Thanks.