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Just to say that I was having the same problem with VLC 2.1.4 on Ubuntu 14.04 and this advice worked for me too. So this isn't just a Windows problem (perhaps this thread should be moved?) but the solution certainly works. What is the implication of changing this setting? Why does it need to be -2 (...

The funny thing is that if I save it to my desktop, I get the problem.

If a save it to another folder even if I have that folder open the problem still doesn't occur.

Very strange.

I think the saving file on desktop explanation is probably right. I tried it on another computer and it worked fine, so I'm not quite sure why it should work on that computer and not on mine, but when I saved it in My Documents/My Videos the problem disappeared.

Hi, I noticed that when doing certain things with the computer, the CPU usage of explorer.exe goes up to 100%. In this case, I was using VLC to output a stream to a file (only a file, not to network or local playback) on my desktop. When it was running/recording I noticed it was going extrememly slo...