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Hi,

I managed to compile and install version 0.8.6g but whenever I attempt to play a movie I get an error regarding libffmpeg_plugin.dll.

I did manage to fix this problem by replacing my compiled libffmpeg_plugin.dll with one taken out of the release version 0.8.6f on the website. I am guessing that I did something wrong during compilation to cause this problem and it is not a bug in the code. I am just wondering if anyone knows what the problem might be?

I compiled vlc using cygwin on windows vista from the source code posted on the website and a win32 contrib package.

This was the exact error message:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: vlc.exe
Application Version: 0.8.6.0
Application Timestamp: 484830a4
Fault Module Name: libffmpeg_plugin.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 484830ae
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00284ca4
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 4105
Additional Information 1: da1d
Additional Information 2: 0d16691f721ca98b4930ee619f3a5de8
Additional Information 3: 9a49
Additional Information 4: 8e1fa0c85280a1ce29de3eb1ff5eafe1

Thanks,
Matt

If you compiled yourself, you can also do backtrace to figure out what part of that .dll causes issues. There have been some FFmpeg related contrib issues. I suggest making nightlies if you want to develop new features.
http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileCygwinNew