Stays Running in task manager (intermittently)
Posted: 16 Jan 2009 16:51
Just a mention on VLC not shutting down completely every time.
I'm on 0.9.8a now, but have noticed it the last few revs.
See it on 2 different machines running XPsp2 (home and work)
The play screen goes away, the video quits, but the running icon remains in the taskbar and
I need to "end task" it with the task manager to truly quit VLC. Sometimes multiple icons get stuck
in the taskbar, but task manager only reports one instance still running. (but intermittent, not every time)
It's harmless and easy enough to force the quit, but I thought it worth a mention.
I tried to force duplicate it for better info in this post but it is hard to lock down the pattern that triggers it.
It happens playing back videos in MPG, WMV, or AVI, but can't narrow it down any one specific.
The only pattern I notice, is that if I close VLC, then open a new video right away by doubleclicking the vid file, it
might be a factor. Perhaps the next video is starting up, before my last VLC run has really actually quit out of
XP. (may be confusing VLC or XP as to whether it really quit or not, but not 100% sure).
Anyway, just thought it worth a mention, in case others have seen this.
I'm on 0.9.8a now, but have noticed it the last few revs.
See it on 2 different machines running XPsp2 (home and work)
The play screen goes away, the video quits, but the running icon remains in the taskbar and
I need to "end task" it with the task manager to truly quit VLC. Sometimes multiple icons get stuck
in the taskbar, but task manager only reports one instance still running. (but intermittent, not every time)
It's harmless and easy enough to force the quit, but I thought it worth a mention.
I tried to force duplicate it for better info in this post but it is hard to lock down the pattern that triggers it.
It happens playing back videos in MPG, WMV, or AVI, but can't narrow it down any one specific.
The only pattern I notice, is that if I close VLC, then open a new video right away by doubleclicking the vid file, it
might be a factor. Perhaps the next video is starting up, before my last VLC run has really actually quit out of
XP. (may be confusing VLC or XP as to whether it really quit or not, but not 100% sure).
Anyway, just thought it worth a mention, in case others have seen this.
