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vlc crashes computer when i play mkv file

Postby frank_hardy_1 » 07 Oct 2010 10:03

whenever i play this .mkv file my compter crashes/restarts. issue with vlc media player,
below is "media info" of the file...
General
Complete name : Jonah.Hex.2010.720p.400MB-WasrezBD.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 399 MiB
Duration : 1h 15mn
Overall bit rate : 739 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-10-01 08:18:34
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.0.0 ('The Stars were mine') built on Jun 6 2010 16:18:42
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 15mn
Nominal bit rate : 702 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 534 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.043
Title :
Writing library : x264 core 98 r1649 20cbe10
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=16 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / weightp=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=702 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 1h 15mn
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Title :

Text
ID : 3
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title :

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Re: vlc crashes computer when i play mkv file

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 11 Oct 2010 13:08

Does it crash if you reset preferences?
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Re: vlc crashes computer when i play mkv file

Postby frank_hardy_1 » 12 Oct 2010 10:41

Does it crash if you reset preferences?
yep! (even reinstalled it)
same happening with .rmvb files today though it just crashes the vlc media player (and i sent the bug report every time)!

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Re: vlc crashes computer when i play mkv file

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 12 Oct 2010 12:33

Send us the file.
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