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Actually, it apparently didn't fix it. It made the video play for longer (a couple minutes compared to a couple seconds), but I'm still seeing the same issue.

I'm seeing the same issues. I updated my video driver and it now plays a little longer before freezing. However, it still freezes after playing for a few minutes.

GPU decoding doesn't help.

I updated my video driver and things seem to be working now. I recommend giving this a try.

I used the self-extracting installer and I haven't touched any of the settings/toolbars. I completely uninstalled and wiped out preferences/cache before reinstalling. I am still getting this every time I try to play a video with 1.1.5.

I am seeing the same issue here. I used the self-extracting installer. I can't watch any videos now (I've only attempted with different avi files). It plays for a few seconds, but the video freezes shortly after. The sound keeps playing. I can't exit. I have to kill the vlc process in order to do an...