Just upgraded from VLC 1.05 to VLC 2.03 (latest).
Problem: Videos (.avi) get stuck on the first frame.
(These same videos used to play just fine in VLC 1.)
Answer
Solution:
Note: a symptom of this problem is seeing debug messages picture is too late to be displayed. (To turn on debug messages in VLC, see the section at the bottom of this posting)
The problem appears to be a bug in the default demuxer.
The solution is to change the default demuxer to the Avformat demuxer.
Here's how:
Menu Tools -> Preferences >
... -> Click radio button to Show Settings = ALL instead of SIMPLE
... -> Input/Codecs > Demuxers >
at very bottom of drop down list:
... -> Avformat Demuxer > Save, exit and restart VLC
This should solve the problem.
Credit to Jean-Francois and Lotesdelere on the VideoLan forum. http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=98381&start=80 Unfortunately, their correct solution is buried at the bottom of 5 pages of responses that don't work... hopefully this archives the solution so that it is easier to find in future.
Turning on Debug Messages in VLC:
Go to: Tools > Messages > Increase verbosity from 0 to 2
Then play the video.
If there are problems, you should see error descriptions in the Message panel.
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