I have the same problem, vlc crashes every time. I attached my crash report.. it might help...
** Attachment added: "my crash report" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6848342/_usr_bin_vlc.1000.crash -- vlc crashes when trying to play a movie https://launchpad.net/bugs/67605 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs