It also fails to play here. VLC hangs with high cpu usage. Memory usage rises until vlc crashes. Same here...it hangs for soo long that I have to restart the computer. Then sometimes it hangs and just crashes with the error nvlddmkm.sys (Nvidia). After the first crash there is never a problem with ...
Tools -> Preferences (Show settings = All) -> Interface -> Main interfaces -> Qt
Then at the very bottom of the right panel set the Maximum Volume option.
Save, exit and restart VLC.