No playback xx.ts file with additional xx.txt containing "[1"
Testet on VLC versions: 2.2.7-20171108-0514-win64 2.2.6 Umbrella 2.1.5 Ricewind
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have any xxx.ts video file (transport stream container) (MPEG-2 or H.264, mine was a DVBViewer recording and others)
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create a xxx.txt file in the same folder of xxx.ts
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give both files the same name
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open xxx.txt and type in: [1 in words: square brackets open followed by any number
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save xxx.txt
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now try to play xxx.ts in VLC
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no playback
The bug affects many apps creating extra .txt files together with .ts files e.g. DVBViewer, TSDoctor, subtitles creating apps...