Preferences->Video output. Dear Jean-Baptiste, I don't understand your answer. When (in VLC) I follow the steps Tools > Preferences > Video > Display > Output (drop down menu), I find no way to check if an update of a video driver is available; I find just the drop down list with Automatic, Direct3...
Update video drivers, I guess. Or OpenGL? Many thanks for your answer. Can you please explain to me how I can do so? For this is a completely unknown area to me. Where / How can I find the video drivers and OpenGL? How can I check if an update is available? Which steps should I take to update? I am...
Try a different video output in preferences and restart VLC. I tried the following video preferences: Automatic - fails Direct3D video output - fails DirectX (DirectDraw) video output - Runs with sound - but static pink screen Direct2D video output - Runs with sound and video PS: To HarryW To chang...
Answer to Jean-Baptiste Kempf's question "When does it happen? On start or on playback start?": After new update to 2.2.0 the program will open and it can play music files fine (mp3) but whenever it tries to open any video files (e.g. mp4) it crashes every time instantly before the file pl...
I have just updated VLC from 2.1.5 to 2.2.0 (after an update reminder from Secunia PSI). My desktop's operating System is Windows 8.1. VLC 2.1.5 has always run without problems. VLC 2.2.0 crashes and gives the message: 'VLC media player just crashed'. What should I do? Many thanks in advance for you...