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I opened a game named Little Fighters, and then tried to open a video either .mkv, .avi or .wmv, and then my PC suddenly turned into Blue Screen of Death.
The video couldn't be showned properly in VLC either, as long as the game was still left unclosed.

The game is freely available from Download.com.
You just have to start the game and leave it alone,
then open any video in VLC.
You should be able to see the problem immediately afterwards.

However, the problem no longer persists if I close the game before I open a video using VLC.

If both the game and VLC use DirectX this is possible.

BTW I really don't want to crash my machine so I will let someone else comment on the results of your test. Plus I have no good reason to watch a good movie and play a game at the same time and a bad movie I don't see the point of doing it at all.

Could you try a different game (not from that site) and see if you get the same problem? It could possible be bad memory that’s having trouble handling both the video and the game. I haven't had "the blue screen of death" since the days Windows 98.

Plus I have no good reason to watch a good movie and play a game at the same time and a bad movie I don't see the point of doing it at all.

Well for my particular setup I have the video playing on my TV screen for others to watch. If I don’t want to watch it at that time then I can just switch to a game on my computer, and with S/PDIF pass-though the game’s sound never interferes with the movie’s sound and vise versa; pretty cool huh.

If both the game and VLC use DirectX this is possible.
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Yes, the game requires Direct X 6 or above.
BTW, I didn't know VLC use DirectX before I read your reply, DJ!
If directX is turned off, can VLC still be able to function as usual?

Yes! You can use other output modules, but all of these put the weight of decoding on your CPU and typically there is reduced quality.

Yes! You can use other output modules, but all of these put the weight of decoding on your CPU and typically there is reduced quality.

Thanks for the help, DJ!