Just out of interest, I "believe" (take everything with a pinch of salt) that VLC crashes because of embedded sub titles in the mkv (and sometimes MP4) files.
I use another video player now which has no probs of this kind.
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- 09 Jun 2015 19:09
- Forum: General VLC media player Troubleshooting
- Topic: VLC Crashes (does not even start)
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- 09 Jun 2015 13:39
- Forum: General VLC media player Troubleshooting
- Topic: VLC Crashes (does not even start)
- Replies: 9
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Re: VLC Crashes (does not even start)
Ah Well. I'll begin the search for a reliable video player, due to the lack of any response in here 
- 04 Jun 2015 21:26
- Forum: General VLC media player Troubleshooting
- Topic: VLC Crashes (does not even start)
- Replies: 9
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Re: VLC Crashes (does not even start)
Any Progress on the mkv file I uploaded ?
- 28 May 2015 22:43
- Forum: General VLC media player Troubleshooting
- Topic: VLC Crashes (does not even start)
- Replies: 9
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Re: VLC Crashes (does not even start)
I have uploaded the file called The Reckoning.mkv
- 17 May 2015 20:48
- Forum: General VLC media player Troubleshooting
- Topic: VLC Crashes (does not even start)
- Replies: 9
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Re: VLC Crashes (does not even start)
It is still doing it. mkv files from various sources simply crash VLC. I send off the requested report but no response from anywhere, here included
- 15 May 2015 13:19
- Forum: General VLC media player Troubleshooting
- Topic: VLC Crashes (does not even start)
- Replies: 9
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VLC Crashes (does not even start)
I had a recent version of VLC installed on my Win7 and when I tried to play a particular mkv file I got an error message saying there had been an undefined fault and I couldn't do anything about it. So, I upgraded to the latest version of VLC (2.2.1) and matters went worse. VLC flashes on the screen...