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Hi guys, i'm having some issues with vlc 2.1.3. After the update, while watching video files like .avi or .mkv usually, video freezes and the audio gets back 10 seconds then video continues.

How can i fix this ? (hp pavillion dv6, w7, core duo)

(Posted this somewhere else but thought i'd copy it here too in case you're still agonising) I just had a similar problem using 2.1.3 on Windows 7. The video was occasionally choppy or pixelated and then would freeze in fullscreen if I moved the mouse or anything but the audio would continue and sometimes loop.
I don't really know anything about vlc but managed to figure out a fix using a combination of post answers and the troubleshooting section. Hopefully it will work for you. Here's what I did:
Go to tools > preferences
In the left panel click 'video' and make sure that 'Accelerated video output (overlay)' is ticked.
Where it says 'output' I selected' Directx (directdraw)' since i'm using windows 7 and dont use aero but the troubleshooter has this to say about the choices:
"There are multiple output modules you can use. For Windows XP and younger you can try DirectX 3D, DirectX, OpenGL and Windows GDI video output modules. With Windows Vista and with Windows 7, both DirectX and Windows GDI output modules will disable Aero, so if you want to use Aero, please use DirectX 3D (should be default)."
Next click on 'input/codecs' in left panel. Under 'codecs' I had 3 options: disabled, automatic or 'Directx video acceleration' which is the one I chose as it was disabled by default. I'm not sure if that's what you'll have but if not that one then whichever comes up instead of disabled or automatic might be good?
Remember to press Save to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.
I really hope this helps since it took hours of hunting the forums and troubleshooting section before I found something that worked!