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VLC freezes system when accessing video camera

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This is the first time I have tried to take a photo via my Logitech webcam using VLC - (Is there another way to take a photo?). When selecting video capture the system appears to freeze, although the mouse will still move around the screen but the buttons and the keyboard do not work.

The webcam and all other software have been operating on my system for some time with no issue


Mint 18 Cinnamon 64 bit V3.0.7
AMD FX8320
7.8GiB memory
128GB SSD exclusively for the OS
500GB disk for storage
NVIDIA GeForce GT640

Any suggestions?
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Re: VLC freezes syatem when accessing video camera

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I can not be of help because it works fine on my machine. only thing I can think of is maybe try uninstalling and reinstalling vlc.
you can do it in a terminal this way:

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sudo apt purge vlc
and then

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sudo apt install vlc
see if that makes any difference.

other than that give us a little more info about your system by postion a system overview with this command :

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inxi -Fxz
past the results in code tags.
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