diff --git a/es-core/src/components/VideoComponent.cpp b/es-core/src/components/VideoComponent.cpp
index f940ea86a..0edae8deb 100644
--- a/es-core/src/components/VideoComponent.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/components/VideoComponent.cpp
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ void VideoComponent::setImage(std::string path)
 		return;
 
 	mStaticImage.setImage(path);
-	// Make the image stretch to fill the video region
-	mStaticImage.setSize(getSize());
 	mFadeIn = 0.0f;
 	mStaticImagePath = path;
 }
diff --git a/es-core/src/components/VideoVlcComponent.cpp b/es-core/src/components/VideoVlcComponent.cpp
index 47853e97f..5e1be839c 100644
--- a/es-core/src/components/VideoVlcComponent.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/components/VideoVlcComponent.cpp
@@ -231,9 +231,7 @@ void VideoVlcComponent::setupVLC()
 	// If VLC hasn't been initialised yet then do it now
 	if (!mVLC)
 	{
-		const char* args[] = { "--quiet", "", "", "" };
-		// check if we want to mute the audio
-
+		const char* args[] = { "--quiet" };
 		mVLC = libvlc_new(sizeof(args) / sizeof(args[0]), args);
 	}
 }