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I finally found out how to record my screen which is better than nothing, but when I click to start the recording I get an immediate crash. I have even uninstalled and re installed VLC and the same thing. I have W7 64 bit. How do I fix this?

Run VLC via this command line: This will create a log file then paste the full resulting log here or on Pastebin.com if it's too long.
Make sure to use a destination folder where you have writing rights, "C:\vlc.log" might not work.

I'm sure I can do this for you, but I am lost at what you mean by that as a command line. Where do I place that code? Thanks.

I have tried various combinations in CMD and it just gives me errors. I need the full exact text I need to type in. Thanks.

I need the full exact text I need to type in.

I already did it.
But obviously you must navigate to the folder where VLC.exe is, by default C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\ on an x64 system so you'll get this prompt: You can also specify the full path to VLC.exe like this: But in all cases and as said before, make sure you have writing rights to the destination folder.

I think I didn't have the "" marks at first, and although my os is 64 bit it is in Program Files and not x86. It wouldn't create a logfile at first, but I determined that I had to create that Test folder for it to write to. Here is that log text. I can record as a capture which VLC does fine, but that file is unmanageably large so I need to convert and save and attempting that is what causes the immediate crash.

-- logger module started --
core debug: VLC media player - 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax)
core debug: Copyright © 1996-2015 the VideoLAN team
core debug: revision 2.2.1-0-ga425c42
core debug: configured with ../extras/package/win32/../../../configure '--enable-update-check' '--enable-lua' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-quicktime' '--enable-avcodec' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-dca' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-libass' '--enable-x264' '--enable-schroedinger' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-live555' '--enable-dvdread' '--enable-shout' '--enable-goom' '--enable-caca' '--disable-sdl' '--enable-qt' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-sse' '--enable-mmx' '--enable-libcddb' '--enable-zvbi' '--disable-telx' '--enable-nls' '--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32' 'host_alias=x86_64-w64-mingw32'
core debug: using interface module "logger"
core debug: looking for interface module matching "logger,none": 16 candidates
logger: VLC media player - 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax)
logger: Copyright © 1996-2015 the VideoLAN team
logger:
Warning: if you cannot access the GUI anymore, open a command-line window, go to the directory where you installed VLC and run "vlc -I qt"

logger: using logger.
logger debug: opening logfile `F:\Test\vlc.log'
-- logger module started --
core debug: VLC media player - 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax)
core debug: Copyright © 1996-2015 the VideoLAN team
core debug: revision 2.2.1-0-ga425c42
core debug: configured with ../extras/package/win32/../../../configure '--enable-update-check' '--enable-lua' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-quicktime' '--enable-avcodec' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-dca' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-libass' '--enable-x264' '--enable-schroedinger' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-live555' '--enable-dvdread' '--enable-shout' '--enable-goom' '--enable-caca' '--disable-sdl' '--enable-qt' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-sse' '--enable-mmx' '--enable-libcddb' '--enable-zvbi' '--disable-telx' '--enable-nls' '--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32' 'host_alias=x86_64-w64-mingw32'
core debug: using interface module "logger"
core debug: looking for interface module matching "hotkeys,none": 16 candidates
core debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
core debug: looking for interface module matching "globalhotkeys,none": 16 candidates
core debug: using interface module "win32"
core: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
core debug: looking for interface module matching "any": 16 candidates
core debug: looking for extension module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Opening Lua Extension module
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Gigabyte\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\extensions
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\VLSub.luac
lua debug: Scanning Lua script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\VLSub.luac
lua debug: Script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\VLSub.luac has the following capability flags: 0x5
core debug: using extension module "lua"
core debug: using interface module "qt4"