VLC crashing upon opening any file (audio or video)

[dangeruss]

I've tried almost everything

I've deleted vlc in the App Data folder

I've uninstalled and re-installed

I've installed previous versions

I've disabled acceleration...

Every time I attempt to open any file vlc crashes. Any other avenues to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

The issue seems to have occured after I upgraded my ssd to an M.2 pcie hard drive... not sure if it's just coincidence but i thought i'd throw that in there

I'm on a Windows 10, I have a GTX 1080 running 3 dp monitors, 64gigs of ram..

[packrat2001]

Hi,

I recently recently upgraded to latest version 3.0.10,,, if you did an upgrade try deleting/resetting your preferences in the app.

I hope this helps...

Frank

[TezzaAus]

I've tried almost everything

I just wanted to reply to your post as well. I've been using VLC for many years, on many different systems and I always loved it because it was absolutely rock solid on everything.

Alas, over the last 6+ months of updates VLC has been less than rock solid on at least 4 different systems I'm using it on. Crashes and lock ups have really annoyed us, esp with HEVC content (yes hardware and driver supported), like you I've tried all sorts of things uninstalls and re-installs, drivers, tweaks, OS re-installs, etc. Nothing has made it run reliably like it used to..

Then it dawned on me, why am I persisting with these versions? I uninstalled it completely, reinstalled a fresh 2.2.5.1 Umbrella and its not run this nicely for a very very long time. At this stage I'm going to stick with 2.2.5.1 on all my systems and hopefully things will be stable again.

I'm not sure whats going on, but I have to say my love of VLC is starting to wane as its being a right PITA not on just 1 system but several. Is it hardware, drivers, Win10? I don't know but what I do know is that it looks like VLC is going down the path of sucking from the absolute KING of video players which is a real shame.