--- a/bin/vlc.c
+++ b/bin/vlc.c
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ static void vlc_kill (void *data)
 static void exit_timeout (int signum)
 {
     (void) signum;
-    signal (SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
+// This doesn't seem to be strong enough to reliably kill us if we fail to exit
+// in a timely fashion - so upgrade to _exit().
+//    signal (SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
+    _exit(0);
 }
 
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