VLC closes immediately

[Steven79]

I have VLC 8.6a. It had been running smoothly until I updated my Quicktime player to 7.1.5. Now when I run VLC the moment the video window pops up, the application closes and I do not receive and error messages asking me to report the error. The following is what kind of machine I am running:
Machine Model: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.9)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 450 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.2.8f1
Serial Number: XB01205JJJ2
Sales Order Number: M7628LL/A

FireWire Bus:

Speed: 400 Mb/sec Speed

USB Bus:

Vendor Name: Apple Computer, Inc.
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Product ID: 32773 ($8005)
Bus Power (mA): 500

Mac OS x 10.3.9

Please e-mail me at allonewordtoremember@yahoo.com with any solutions to my problem!

[OptimizE]

Same here..

G4 450
OSX 10.3.9

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Delete your preferences and your plugin cache.

[Steven79]

I deleted what I think was cache and preferences, but still no dice. How exactly do I fix the problem and in case I did it wrong where do go to delete preferences and cache?

[znat5]

Have the same problem. I upgraded quicktime lastnight and now VLC won't play video files, audio files aren't a problem.[/quote]

[_Pierre_75]

I have exactly the same problem!

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Are you all in macOS X 10.3.9 ?

[_Pierre_75]

Yep, I am in Mac OS X 10.3.9 !

[znat5]

Yes, I'm using 10.3.9 too.

[Sirpop]

I downloaded vlc-0.8.6a.dmg last night.
It crashes when I try to run .ASF files.
I am running MAC OS X 10.4.8 on a Mini.
I also downloaded vlc-o.8.6a-powerpc.dmg to see if that works. It doesn't.

[Sirpop]

I tried to run it again after confirming that MACOS was selected as my interface under VLC Preferences.
It ran sound but no video then shut down with an error message stating that it had shut down unexpectedly.
I have an Intel processor, just in case you need to know.
My son has a G4 (lap top) and can run these files with no trouble.
We are comparing settings. It's a little time consuming since he is in S.A and I'm in the US.

[shalvas]

the minute i updated the quicktime and the itunes with the system update the VLC started crashing both with an .AVI file or an .MKV file.

i'm using a dual 450 G4
768 RAM
and a 10.3.9 OS X

help !

[rjw1rjw2]

i just want to delete 8.6a and reinstall older or orig. VLC version--can someone plz make it available?? thanks--jr--btw--now i cant play either mpeg or avi movies ive d/loaded years ago---bummer!!!

[znat5]

If I had know that upgrading Quicktime would effect my beloved VLC, I never would have done it.

Tried to manually uninstall Quicktime but then finder wouldn't launch so I had to reinstall in.

Bugger!

[kailing]

Yes, running 10.3.9. VLC 0.8.6a closes immediately running avi files only after Quicktime update. Have erased prefs and cache more than once. Have deleted VLC and reinstalled three times to no effect. Will there be an update, or are we to abandon VLC in 10.3.9? (not my first choice: I love VLC)

And, if anyone figures out how to successfully undo the quicktime update please post!

[confuteplus]

I had moved the original quicktime to a folder within 'applications', so there was a sloppy update, and the old version was saved. I've tossed the new ap, all the cache material that I can find and all the stuff that looks like post-update... to no avail. I'm tempted to just throw all quicktime off of my computer to rescue VLC... the bundled quicktime is such a useless irritating lump of poo, and VLC is like my tv. set. SOS

[begoli]

forget my post, suggestion doesnt work

[rjw1rjw2]

as soon as i reistalled old 8.0 vlc--walla--i cld play my movies--i think vlc8.6a is defective--not q/time!~!!!!!

[_Pierre_75]

Where do I have to go to find the old VLC 8.0? Where is it downloadable?

[rjw1rjw2]

Where do I have to go to find the old VLC 8.0? Where is it downloadable?

--videolan home page--open archives--and find macosx--in 2004--which opens vlc8.0--good luck!

[_Pierre_75]

All right, thank you, I followed your instructions and I indeed saw the old released of 8.0 VLC in 2004 but I unfortunately found no proper link to download this previous version.
But, I'm currently downloading it on eDonkey. There are few sources, but I have to make do with them.
And I apologize for any mistakes I made in this message since I'm not fluent in English.

[shalvas]

All right, thank you, I followed your instructions and I indeed saw the old released of 8.0 VLC in 2004 but I unfortunately found no proper link to download this previous version.
But, I'm currently downloading it on eDonkey. There are few sources, but I have to make do with them.
And I apologize for any mistakes I made in this message since I'm not fluent in English.

http://download.videolan.org/pub/videol ... 8.0/macosx


and it works !

it works !!!

thanks,

i just downloaded the whole 4 seasons of the wire on mkv's ...

hip hip

[_Pierre_75]

AND YES IT WORKS!!!
This is absolutely G R E A T! Thank you VERY VERY much for your help! I'm delighted!

[rjw1rjw2]

[my dissappointment is that the moderator of this panel was of no help--just blamed it on quicktime--wow!!

[znat5]

Wait up!

So what do I have to do to get my VLC up and running again on 10.3.9?? Do I have to download and install VLC 8.0? Can somebdy expalin why?

This is starting to get annoying![/i]