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Incorrect thumbnails shown after phone transfer

Description

Incorrect thumbnails shown for videos following installation from Android backup on new phone.

Noticed because the videos that these thumbnails describe are not on the new phone at all.

It seems to persist even after I've watched the videos.

Happy to provide extra info/logs.

Expected behavior

Thumbnails represent the correct videos.

Actual behavior

Not that.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Download or record videos
  2. Watch videos
  3. Lose phone
  4. Buy new phone
  5. Use Android's restore from previous backup feature
  6. Open VLC app
  7. Be surprised to see videos that you didn't think were backed up
  8. Click video to watch, and be disappointed when it turns out to be a different video which is on the phone

Screenshot / video

Screenshot_20230307-053838_2

Context

App version

3.5.4 2023-02-20

Android version

13

Device model

Pixel 6a

App mode

?

Smartphone

TV

Auto

Edited by Danny Garside