^^^ FWIW another update to the above, I replaced the following DLL files (dated 2022) with the latest versions (June 2024) however that weird random crashing still persists.
axvlc
libvlccore
libvlc
npvlc
I suppose I could learn C and play with the VLC code, might be easier though to just write a complementary Delphi program that sits in the background and automatically restarts the Delphi media player on detecting a sudden crash 
Statistics: Posted by Gronky — 21 Jun 2024 00:40