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VLC 3.0.x does not play H264 files, but VLC 2.2.x does

Already created issue #405176 on https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues Apologize for duplicating

H264 files do not play with VLC 3.0.18 or other VLC3.0.x versions but do play with VLC2.2.x Plays with FFplay.

sample file https://we.tl/t-PCbUHjxqFO

discussed in Forum https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=160877&p=536447#p536447

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h26x warning: h264 module discarded (no startcode) ts debug: TS module discarded (lost sync) mod debug: MOD validation failed (ext=h264) ps warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, continuing anyway main debug: using demux module "ps" main debug: `file:///D:/Temp/Samples/myfileLabLL-t%3D160877.h264' successfully opened ps warning: garbage at input from 509, trying to resync... main debug: EOF reached

But it's playing fine with FFplay.

MediaInfo report:

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Video Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L5 Format settings : 1 Ref Frames Format settings, CABAC : No Format settings, Reference frames : 1 frame Duration : 917 ms Width : 768 pixels Height : 1 024 pixels Display aspect ratio : 0.750 Frame rate : 60.000 FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive

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