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I had the same problems on WinXP 32-bit. VLC 1.1.5 would hang on startup, or freeze video during playback (audio continuing), or just display a black screen (with audio). Once it hung, it was very difficult to kill the process. Only a reboot of the system would get it playing again. Happened with se...

Same thing for me, too. Windows XP Pro. Updated 24 hours ago to 1.1.5 through the update menu. Video freezes or is totally black, while audio continues. I thought it was a problem with a particular video (AVI, MPEG-4 ASP) but now it's happened with others. Once it freezes, very difficult to shut it ...