

The bigger problem I have is, the machine is for my parents. I noticed there's a Tools->Preference setting about minimizing the player in Interface->Main Interface->Qt.

I also find if I choose Media->Quit the media player does exit, and the VLC player will start working again. I find if I perform a ps -A | grep vlc and then kill -9 the VLC player will start working again. I'm not sure where the failure is, but there is no error displayed to me.

The media player fails to open and play the movie. Next I close the player by clicking 'X' in the upper right hand corner of the window. I double click THE_PATRIOT.mov the media player opens and plays the movie. The machine has been through a upgrade and dist-upgrade. I have Linux Mint 20 (ulyana), x86_64, fully patched.
