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doctorzeus

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Registered: 2011-12-24

Posts: 79

VLC 2.1.5 Crash While Playing WMV Files

Hello,

As you can probubly guess from the title, vlc media player crashes whenever I try to play Windows Media Video Files..

Now I had no problem with this before but since an update (not sure which one as I don't usually play wmv files), it crashes when I open them.

Was wondering if anyone else has encontered this problem and/or knows how to rectify it (VLC Version 2.1.5 RiceWind)?

Many Thanks

DoctorZeus

Aldaris

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Registered: 2013-06-06

Posts: 9

Re: VLC 2.1.5 Crash While Playing WMV Files

I have the same problem. It has also been reported on the German Arch BBS.

Seems to have something to do with the update to ffmpeg 2.3. Downgrading to ffmpeg 2.2 solved the crashes but VLC did not find the codecs anymore.
Since it only affects WMV files, the problem was not important enough for me to investigate any further. ;-)

doctorzeus

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Registered: 2011-12-24

Posts: 79

Re: VLC 2.1.5 Crash While Playing WMV Files

I have the same problem. It has also been reported on the German Arch BBS.

Seems to have something to do with the update to ffmpeg 2.3. Downgrading to ffmpeg 2.2 solved the crashes but VLC did not find the codecs anymore.
Since it only affects WMV files, the problem was not important enough for me to investigate any further. ;-)

Ah right thanks, probubly why I didn't find any posts with the same problem on this version of vlc!

So basically just use mplayer or something and wait for a patch then..

Many Thanks

DoctorZeus