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== Troubleshooting =====VLC fails to terminate after playing video===On a linux system after viewing video or whatever use and manually closing VLC via the graphical interface, the VLC process stays running in memory, linked to the last file in use, and will not terminate on its own. Although the graphical interface disappears, thus giving the impression it is closed, vlc is still showing up as a process in memory. Moreover, the next attempted use of VLC not realizing the process is already running results in no response.Known problem. User has to manually terminate vlc after each use. killall -s 9 vlc The fix:The problem lies in the video output setting for VLC. * Tools -> Preferences -> Video -> OutputLook for the dropdown list labeled Output. The setting that fixes the problem for Linux Mint 20 seems to be "'''XVideo output (XCB)'''" and be sure to click SAVE. For other distributions users have reported that [https://askubuntu.com/questions/1250477/vlc-is-still-running-even-i-closed-it-already-how-to-i-close-it choosing OpenGL] is the solution. You may have to try different options. The "XVideo output (XCB)" option has been verified to resolve the problem on Mint 20 with AMD GPU. == Related ==* [[Multimedia Audio and Video in Linux]]* [[RIP and Transcode a DVD in Linux]]