Fix VLC Media Player Crashes when Playing .MKV Files
On the menu bar, select Tools and click Preferences. Look for the Input/Codec and click to open. Look for the Codecs tab and under it you will find Hardware-accelerated decoding. Set it to Disabled.
How do I fix VLC Media Player from crashing?
Troubleshoot Tips for VLC Crashing on Windows 10/11/Mac/Android, etc.
- Update VLC to the latest version. …
- Disable VLC hardware acceleration. …
- Uninstall and Re-install VLC Media Player. …
- Disable Pre-load MKV files in the same directory. …
- Set FFmpeg Decoding Threads to 2. …
- Enable DirectX Video Acceleration (DVXA) 2.0.