A Windows Defender bug is making VLC take 30 seconds to open an MP3 file
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The takeaway: A recent social spat highlights the conflicting priorities between Microsoft and open-source projects such as VLC. The universal media player is having issues dealing with MP3 audio files, and the most likely culprit is Redmond's end-point antivirus software.
Is VLC media player taking tens of seconds to load an MP3 file just because open-source software development is now in an embarrassing state? Jonathan Blow, designer of puzzle games Braid and The Witness, accused the VideoLAN team of doing a very bad job with VLC programming. The VideoLAN team eventually pushed back on the accusation, blaming Microsoft and Windows Defender instead.
In a recent social post, Blow said he was going to switch from VLC to Microsoft Media Player because the former took 33 seconds before playing an MP3 file. Blow's...
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