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Windows 10 Enterprise 64b
Intel i7-7600 2.8GHz
16G RAM

I use this laptop to play my videos. Playing a single video at times is okay. For the past couple of months, and VLC was even updated recently, I will play a playlist and one of two things happens at random times.
1 > It crashes the system and reboots. How do I know it is VLC? Process of elimination. This only crashes while VLC is running.
2 > The video and sound will act like it is slowing down and getting choppy, sounding like you are talking under water. Sometimes going back a few seconds will correct it; other times have to close and open VLC back up.

Any thoughts as to why this is happening but does not on my lower powered, more aged device, that can barely open a spreadsheet within three seconds, but have no reboots or slowdowns happen?

Thanks.

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It crashed the laptop again and now the hard drive can not be found.
What is it about VLC to crash the computer?

I have the same problem since the last update. Uses maximum CPU of 100% and slows everything else down as well.
I know old versions can be down loaded. Is there any instructions on how to install it?

VLC does not run any privileged code and thus it cannot literally crash the system. If you get a system crash while running VLC, that is most likely a bug in the Windows OS, specifically one of your device drivers. Alternatively, you have a hardware fault.

It just only crashed while VLC was running over night. With my Doctor Who or Star Trek episodes playing. I let it run over night without VLC and it is fine. I let VLC run playing videos overnight, and I wake to find the laptop crashed.
I never could tell what the issue was.
The laptop drive has been replaced, and I been reluctant to run videos on it.
I do not know but it only happened when VLC was playing videos over night so something related to video RAM, system RAM, something that cause it to crash each time.