VLC crashes/skips when playing MKV files.

[philpem]

OS: Windows 2000 SP4 with all current HotFixes
Hardware: AMD Athlon64 3200+, ASUS A8V Deluxe, 512MB RAM, Club3D 128MB GeForce 6600GT, 1x80GB+1x20GB HDDs, Liteon 851S DVD ReWriter
Drivers: Latest VIA Hyperion 4in1, Realtek RLC850 CODEC driver, nVidia Forceware 71.89.
VLC Version: 0.8.2
Situation: Attempted to play an MKV file that was being seeded in Azureus (this worked OK in 0.8.1). VLC crashed.
Reproducible: YES. VLC crashes every time the file is opened.
Video Format: Matroska MKV. DX50 codec, Dual Audio (Vorbis 128k), Subtitled.
Workaround: Make a copy of the file, then open the copy. Alternatively, shut down Azureus before playing files.
Notes: VLC 0.8.1 could load files while they were 100% complete but other files in the torrent were still being downloaded. 0.8.2 loses this functionality.

And now, another possible bug:
Situation: VLC skips badly when playing DX50 MKVs
Reproducible: YES.
Steps taken: Killed all background tasks, problem remained.
Workaround: None. Downgrade to VLC 0.8.1 and files play fine.
Notes: The video files tend to play fine in 0.8.1, but 0.8.2 skips badly - missing entire 5-second blocks of video and audio.

Sample file uploaded: ftp://streams.videolan.org/incoming/philpem-mkv_bug.mkv
Messages log: ftp://streams.videolan.org/incoming/phi ... ssages.txt

Thanks,
Phil.

[bowzerbro]

I think that VLC had better MKV support in 0.8.1 too. After I installed 0.8.3 MKV files ran very bad laging forward way to much. VLC you need to check whats up with that

[Guest]

I think that VLC had better MKV support in 0.8.1 too. After I installed 0.8.3 MKV files ran very bad laging forward way to much. VLC you need to check whats up with that

I ment 0.8.2, sorry

[Guest]

MKV files played in 0.8.1 fine but now in 0.8.2, when I play a MKV file, VLC uses up 100% of my 3.2ghz processor and my computer is practically frozen. I just happened to have task manager opened at the time. :3

Now I have two copies of VLC :/

[Guest]

I had the same problem and had to go back to 0.8.1

[robUx4]

This should be fixed in the next nightly build. Except that nightlies are broken for the moment... Just be patient.

[Kestrel]

Hi,

Hate that this post has to be my first one, but I've got the same issue... with version 0.8.1. The video will play for a couple of seconds, then freeze, use 50% of my processor's ressources, and after about 20 seconds the file is closed (but not the program).

Could this be related or is it a totally different issue ?