Pirat_Nation 🔴(@Pirat_Nation):VLC mocks Windows over a bizarre performance issue that can make MP3 files take up to 33 seconds to start. A user was criticising it, saying that the state of VLC “is in a truly embarrassing place now...” and said they were switching to the Microsoft player. VideoLAN says the slowdown appears to be linked to Microsoft Defender interfering with VLC’s plugin cache. Vlc reported on both Windows 10 and Windows 11.

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2026.08.14 17:02

VLC mocks Windows over a bizarre performance issue that can make MP3 files take up to 33 seconds to start. A user was criticising it, saying that the state of VLC “is in a truly embarrassing place now...” and said they were switching to the Microsoft player. VideoLAN says the slowdown appears to be linked to Microsoft Defender interfering with VLC’s plugin cache. Vlc reported on both Windows 10 and Windows 11.