VLC Crashes after Windows 10 1803 Update, May 2018

[jstewart335]

Win 10 1803
VLC 64-bit 3.0.2


Same set-up played every file just fine until the recent Win 10 update to 1803.
Now about half of the video files I used to play just fine, cause VLC to crash or Hang-up until I close from task manager. Anyone else have this problem? Any fixes?

[Jaime]

I have another thread going on this same subject, just posted some logs and hoping for someone to offer some hope.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

That sounds like a driver issue. But which one?

[GalaxyMan]

Totally crashes when I attempt to play any .mp4 file now. Worse, I can't roll back to a restore point previous to this install because of a file corruption issue, so I'm stuck with the new update that doesn't work.

Win 10 x64
VLC 3.0.3

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Totally crashes when I attempt to play any .mp4 file now. Worse, I can't roll back to a restore point previous to this install because of a file corruption issue, so I'm stuck with the new update that doesn't work.

Win 10 x64
VLC 3.0.3

Disable hardware decoding.

[face2face11]

thank you Jean-Baptiste Kempf! disabling hardware decoding has worked perfectly for me so far!

UPDATE... nevermind lol issues came back again dammit

[HR27]

Hi,

I have been facing lot of crashes for past few weeks. Certain movies/series play in VLC with no issues while rest crash quickly or play without any audio.
Whats the cause of these issues?
Any ways to rectify this?

Thanks

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

thank you Jean-Baptiste Kempf! disabling hardware decoding has worked perfectly for me so far!

UPDATE... nevermind lol issues came back again dammit

What issue?

[panaricano]

I've had the same problem (somewhat)with the VLC v3.0.3 update. My problem started after a VLC update, not Windows 10 1803 update. I uninstalled VLC(64bit) then reinstall it. Didn't work. So I once again uninstalled the 64bit and install the 32bit version and still the same issue. I then decided to search for previous versions of VLC and found this site(https://vlc-media-player.en.uptodown.com/windows/old) and reinstalled v2.2.6(this was the previous version before the VLC v3.0.3 update that worked beautifully). DONE! No more freezing up, no more crashing, no more having to have to use the task manager to quit, no more frozen picture with just audio coming through. VLC needs to work on their new version and work out some quarks. I love VLC and have been using their players since before v1.1.5. I hope this forum allows me to post the webpage of my solution. Hope this works for you.

PS:DO NOT USE v3.0.2 NEITHER...SAME ISSUES

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I've had the same problem (somewhat)with the VLC v3.0.3 update. My problem started after a VLC update, not Windows 10 1803 update. I uninstalled VLC(64bit) then reinstall it. Didn't work. So I once again uninstalled the 64bit and install the 32bit version and still the same issue. I then decided to search for previous versions of VLC and found this site(https://vlc-media-player.en.uptodown.com/windows/old) and reinstalled v2.2.6(this was the previous version before the VLC v3.0.3 update that worked beautifully). DONE! No more freezing up, no more crashing, no more having to have to use the task manager to quit, no more frozen picture with just audio coming through. VLC needs to work on their new version and work out some quarks. I love VLC and have been using their players since before v1.1.5. I hope this forum allows me to post the webpage of my solution. Hope this works for you.

PS:DO NOT USE v3.0.2 NEITHER...SAME ISSUES

DId you read the thread and disabled hardware decoding?

[fuyang]

I have same crashing problem with version 3.03 as many of you have. And I tried many things including uninstall and reinstall VLC multiple times. I could not make it work.

Then I followed Jean-Baptiste Kempf's recommendation to disable hardware decoding. it works again.

For the people who don't know exactly how to disable hardware decoding, I want to share my steps with you:

1. Open VLC, hopefully you can open VLC.
2. Go to tools - Preferences.
3. Go to Input / Codecs tab.
4. Change the setting of Hardware-accelerated decoding from Automatic to Disable.

Hope I can help somebody who is struggling with this issue for a long time like me.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I have same crashing problem with version 3.03 as many of you have. And I tried many things including uninstall and reinstall VLC multiple times. I could not make it work.

Then I followed Jean-Baptiste Kempf's recommendation to disable hardware decoding. it works again.

What GPU? What CPU? What driver version?

[KernelA]

I have the same problem.

VLC 64 bit version is 3.0.3 Vetinari.
Windows 10 1803.

In Input/Codecs section:
Hardware-accelerated decoding is disabled.
In Video settings section:
Output is automatic.

Here is a log with verbose 2.

A short log:

Code: Select all

-- logger module started -- main: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. mp4 warning: unknown box type NCDT (incompletely loaded) mp4 warning: elst box found mp4 warning: STTS table of 1 entries mp4 warning: elst box found mp4 warning: STTS table of 1 entries postproc error: Unsupported input chroma (DX11) postproc warning: Quantification table was not set by video decoder. Postprocessing won't look good. postproc error: Unsupported input chroma (DX11) postproc warning: Quantification table was not set by video decoder. Postprocessing won't look good. direct3d11 error: SetThumbNailClip failed: 0x800706f4 postproc error: Unsupported input chroma (DXA9) postproc warning: Quantification table was not set by video decoder. Postprocessing won't look good. d3d9_filters warning: no context available d3d9_filters warning: no context available chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter d3d9_filters warning: no context available chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter main error: Failed to create video converter d3d9_filters warning: no context available d3d9_filters warning: no context available chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter main error: Failed to create video converter d3d9_filters warning: no context available chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter d3d9_filters warning: no context available chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter main error: Failed to create video converter d3d9_filters warning: no context available chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter d3d9_filters warning: no context available chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter main error: Failed to create video converter d3d9_filters warning: no context available chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to create video converter chain error: Too high level of recursion (3) main error: Failed to cre

[Tristatebuffer]

I've had the same problem (somewhat)with the VLC v3.0.3 update. My problem started after a VLC update, not Windows 10 1803 update. I uninstalled VLC(64bit) then reinstall it. Didn't work. So I once again uninstalled the 64bit and install the 32bit version and still the same issue. I then decided to search for previous versions of VLC and found this site(https://vlc-media-player.en.uptodown.com/windows/old) and reinstalled v2.2.6(this was the previous version before the VLC v3.0.3 update that worked beautifully). DONE! No more freezing up, no more crashing, no more having to have to use the task manager to quit, no more frozen picture with just audio coming through. VLC needs to work on their new version and work out some quarks. I love VLC and have been using their players since before v1.1.5. I hope this forum allows me to post the webpage of my solution. Hope this works for you.

PS:DO NOT USE v3.0.2 NEITHER...SAME ISSUES

I’ve just registered to report success by using the above previous software. VLC was working fine until I responded to the update VLC message and then the program started crashing about a minute into playing a DVD. i too tried uninstall and reinstall but same issue, so I started searching for help and found this site. I disabled the hardware accelerator to no effect. I have reinstalled 2.2.6 and everything is fine. I can’t comment on other video formats as I’ve only checked DVD playback. Many thanks for the advice panaricano.

[KarelM]

I am also experiencing this crash. Hardware acceleration is disabled.

It crashes on this line: $Obj1_ctrl = GUICtrlCreateObj($Obj1, 72, 80, 320, 240)

Here is a sample code snippet using the free AutoIT language:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=
$Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 615, 437, 192, 124)
$Obj1 = ObjCreate("VideoLAN.VLCPlugin.2")
$Obj1_ctrl = GUICtrlCreateObj($Obj1, 72, 80, 320, 240)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###

While 1
$nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
Switch $nMsg
Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
Exit

EndSwitch
WEnd