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Hello,

I'm running vlc 0.8.6b on an intel mac (black macbook with 2.0GHz cpu, os x 10.4.9). Sometimes when I enter fullscreen (so when I doubleclick) something weird happens: The video window disappears but the audio continues (so I don't see the video anymore). Once this has happened, I cannot do a single thing anymore, even pressing command+alt+esc doesn't work (this should "force stop"). The only solution is to reboot my mac (by pressing the power-button). This has happend 3 times so far (in one week).

I've checked my vlc-log (library/logs/crashreporter/vlc.crash.log) but there are no entries there. I've had this crash on 3 different files (one is XViD, the others are XViD or DiVX I'm not sure). The next time I tried to open these files it worked, so the files are not corrupted.

I am not running any special software at the times of the crashes (I think only firefox, itunes and overflow).

I know I'm not offering you much to work with but it's all I know.

Thanks for your time,

Sjoekie

Did you reset preferences and Cache ?

Did you reset preferences and Cache ?

preferences: yes
cache: just now

So I'll continue to use this for a while and I'll post if it crashes again.

Thanks for the reply!

Sjoekie

This crash has happened to me many times to, infact so many that I switched to Mplayer. I really want to go back to VLC, since mplayer is buggy and unstable. I just searched for the bug on google now (haven't found anything about it earlier) and it led me to this thread.

I get the _exact_ same problem as Sjoekie, at worst I had to restart my mac 3-4 times in a single day (switched alot in and out of fullscreen). I'm not sure, but it seems to happen most if i just moved the window / fiddled with the controls or something _right_ before I doubleclick for fullscreen.

I have an Intel Macbook 1.83 Core 2 Duo, 2Gb mem. I'm installing VLC again now, but I won't ever enter fullscreen again until I'm sure this bug is fixed...

This crash has happened to me many times to, infact so many that I switched to Mplayer. I really want to go back to VLC, since mplayer is buggy and unstable. I just searched for the bug on google now (haven't found anything about it earlier) and it led me to this thread.

I get the _exact_ same problem as Sjoekie, at worst I had to restart my mac 3-4 times in a single day (switched alot in and out of fullscreen). I'm not sure, but it seems to happen most if i just moved the window / fiddled with the controls or something _right_ before I doubleclick for fullscreen.

I have an Intel Macbook 1.83 Core 2 Duo, 2Gb mem. I'm installing VLC again now, but I won't ever enter fullscreen again until I'm sure this bug is fixed...

You might trying to clear your cache by using "sudo rm -rf ~/.vlc" on the terminal (you can find the terminal in "/Applications/utilities"). (It will prompt for your pasword and you have to be an administrator).

I think it worked for me (I haven't had the crash again since I did this, but I also didn't need vlc so much in this time so I'm not 100% sure).

I hope this helps because I know how much it s**** when you have to reboot...

@Somebee: the crash may be fixed in a very soon released version. Wait a few days.

I am having this problem for many past revisions of VLC and unfortunatly no new version has improved the situation. I am running VLC on a freshly installed and updated Tiger OS X. This happens on any type of video file and so often that it has become really annoying although I am still using VLC because it is still the best Player on OS X by far! In my case the system does not lock up completely fortunatly, VLC will crash quit on its own after a few seconds playing back just audio and it will slow down the system considerably during that time. I have posted crash log before but have gotten no response. I can post another crash log or any other type of info that may be useful to fix this. I am using a first gen. MBP.
Thanks