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I downgraded to 0.8.6i but just hade the same freeze with it, so the problem exists there too. I'm using an ATi 4850 with the 8.11 drivers (all later drivers are dysfunctional and there's a six page thread about it on the ATi Catalyst forum). Has anyone had the same problem with an nVidia card?

Which VLC version is the newest one that uses the older libavcodec? Downgrading to that version might solve the problems.

@VLC_help: on what do base your conclusion that libavcodec should be updated for this problem to be solved?

Probably because I got the same freeze problem with MPlayer Portable, which uses the same codec. I don't know for sure, though.

i paid 99$ to get vlc and have to put up with this buggy program?

Who got your money? VLC is free software.

See viewtopic.php?f=2&t=53095 for another topic on the same problem, maybe it will help solving this..

That thread says that more people have this problem, but there's no solution.

I have the same problem with VLC 64 bit on Vista 64, when playing AVI files. It's not predictable, so just like the posters above, I can't define the steps to reproduce it. Sometimes it freezes after 5 minutes, sometimes after 1-2 hours, sometimes not at all. I can switch from VLC to other windows a...