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by HarryW
22 Apr 2015 15:45
Forum: VLC media player for Windows Troubleshooting
Topic: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1
Replies: 19
Views: 1855

Re: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1

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...
by HarryW
21 Apr 2015 11:51
Forum: VLC media player for Windows Troubleshooting
Topic: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1
Replies: 19
Views: 1855

Re: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1

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...
by HarryW
20 Apr 2015 21:55
Forum: VLC media player for Windows Troubleshooting
Topic: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1
Replies: 19
Views: 1855

Re: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1

This is very bad, because Direct2D has very low quality.
Are there any alternative solutions, which do not push us into low quality?
by HarryW
18 Apr 2015 17:44
Forum: VLC media player for Windows Troubleshooting
Topic: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1
Replies: 19
Views: 1855

Re: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1

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...
by HarryW
30 Mar 2015 14:53
Forum: VLC media player for Windows Troubleshooting
Topic: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1
Replies: 19
Views: 1855

Re: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1

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...
by HarryW
27 Mar 2015 22:33
Forum: VLC media player for Windows Troubleshooting
Topic: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1
Replies: 19
Views: 1855

Re: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1

The CPU used is: Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz
by HarryW
26 Mar 2015 14:26
Forum: VLC media player for Windows Troubleshooting
Topic: VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1
Replies: 19
Views: 1855

VLC crashes after update to 2.2.0 under Win 8.1

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...

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