Same situation described by miwait00, I'm running an Nvidia GTX 1050Ti with nvidia-384 driver, here's my vlc log, codec details and system info:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS" ** Attachment added: "vlc_output" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1574354/+attachment/5158264/+files/vlc_output -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574354 Title: playing .mp4 in VLC freezes machine To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1574354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
