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VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby pastata » 16 Jul 2008 20:08

Hello,

I have a bug with the latest VLC (0.8.6i).
When i do a screen capture (in french menu : "Vidéo / Capture d'écran"), the VLC crashes. I tested with a lot of divx and DVD and the problem is still present.

I have uninstalled the 0.8.6i version and reinstalled the 0.8.6h one. The screen capture is ok with no crash.

My configuration : Vista Home Premium SP 1 32Bits / 4Go RAM / CG Leadtek 8800GT (latest drivers).

The Vista's event viewer :
Application défaillante vlc.exe, version 0.8.6.0, horodatage 0x4875a34b, module défaillant unknown, version 0.0.0.0, horodatage 0x00000000, code d’exception 0xc0000005, décalage d’erreur 0x00000000, ID du processus 0x1664, heure de début de l’application 0x01c8e769b5aae527.

Can someone can confirm this bug ?
(video is here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njCFRCcEQJY)

PS : i have a second bug with the languages in VLC. At first, I installed VLC in French. If i desinstall and reinstall it in english, the menus are still in french.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby hajj_3 » 17 Jul 2008 01:25

I also get a crash when i do "snapshot", tried 3 times, gone back to 0.8.6h instead as that works fine.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby VLC_help » 17 Jul 2008 16:07

Snapshot is same as screen capture.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=48198&start=0&st=0 ... t=snapshot

Did you reset VLC settings during reinstall?

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby pastata » 19 Jul 2008 00:47

Yes i reset VLC settings during reinstall.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby hajj_3 » 19 Jul 2008 04:02

me too, resetting the settings made no difference. Hope 0.8.6j is released quickly with this fix.

Also i've tried 0.9.0 Release2 but when i uninstall it and then install 0.8.6h i get 0.9.0 release2 again, 0.9.0 doesnt seem to be removed and it crashes everytime when you double click on a filetype that is default e.g a .mp3

i get:

"The procedure entry point __vlc_thread_ready could not be located in the dynamic link library libvlccore.dll"

The only way to play a video is to open vlc, then do file open, you still get the error message, but the video will play after clicking OK.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby VLC_help » 19 Jul 2008 15:30

Resetting should make the language go to default one. --language can be used from command line to change default language.

You are sure vlc.exe was closed before you tried to uninstall 0.9.0?

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby hajj_3 » 19 Jul 2008 17:21

think you were right, vlc kept crashing and not loading and so there became loads of instances of vlc.exe running in task manager, i just closed them all and re-installed vlc 0.8.6h, all working nicely now, thx.

I hope 0.8.6i gets the screenshot crashing fixed as i'd like to use that version.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby sukran » 20 Jul 2008 12:10

Me too...8.6i crashes on screenshot capture.
Win XP pro.

Back to 8.6h version for now.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby pastata » 20 Jul 2008 13:45

Resetting should make the language go to default one. --language can be used from command line to change default language.

You are sure vlc.exe was closed before you tried to uninstall 0.9.0?
No VLC was running when i uninstall.

Things i do :
- Uninstall VLC (that was in french) with the "Programs And Features" panel
- I delete VLC preferences and cache
- I run vlc-0.8.6i-win32.exe choosing "english langage" and select again "Delete preferences and cache"
VLC is still in french

Video is here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKrPFKvptQ

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby VLC_help » 21 Jul 2008 15:44

Does it help if you select english langage and press Save and restart VLC?
(and uninstall trick was for uninstall problems, not for language problems)

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby pastata » 22 Jul 2008 13:02

If i change the language via VLC Preferences (Interface / Language / American English), Save and restart VLC, the language is this one.
Thank you.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby yookoala » 27 Jul 2008 09:39

I also have this error on test2.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby VLC_help » 27 Jul 2008 16:19

There should be test3 available. So please no test2 reports :D

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby sukran » 29 Jul 2008 11:21

Perhaps I just don't get it but...
'VLC help' seems to have addressed a secondary issue on language settings whilst saying nothing about the snapshot issue.

Perhaps 'VLC help' could confirm that crashing on screen capture (snapshot) is an unresolved issue for version 8.6i for win XP and Vista users.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby VLC_help » 29 Jul 2008 17:37

I already gave link earlier.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=48198&start=0&st=0 ... t=snapshot
and yes, it is a known issue.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby sukran » 31 Jul 2008 15:42

Thanks for your confirmation of the issue.
I missed out the link earlier because I wrongly assumed that it led simply to a glossary of terms:
Screen capture=snapshot etc.
Just shows how it's possible to misinterpret information.

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Re: VLC crashs when i do a screen capture

Postby AshGurl2897 » 31 Jul 2008 20:33

Hello,

I have a bug with the latest VLC (0.8.6i).
When i do a screen capture (in french menu : "Vidéo / Capture d'écran"), the VLC crashes. I tested with a lot of divx and DVD and the problem is still present.

I have uninstalled the 0.8.6i version and reinstalled the 0.8.6h one. The screen capture is ok with no crash.
Definitely have/had this exact same problem and exact same results with uninstall of 0.8.6i. Fixed by downgrading to 0.8.6h.


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