artifacts in video playback with vlc (linux)
at one point i was experimenting with various video output settings in the linux version of the vlc media player. then later on when viewing videos i noticed a lot of ugly artifacts were showing up especially during scenes with lots of motion. i couldn’t recall what the default settings were for vlc after i had messed around with it.
luckily, you can easily restore to default settings by deleting: ~/.config/vlc
alternatively you could use the “reset preferences” option from within the application although i have not tested this.