So for weeks now I been dealing with VLC crashing during video playback or even while paused.  I couldn't figure it out.  I spent days reinstalling, using different versions even reinstalling windows.  I tried windows media player, different codec packs and other lesser known video players I found suggested online.  Nothing fixed it.
 
Suddenly it just dawned on me this evening that the only recent software I started using I never used before was Precision X.  I went ahead and closed Precision X and now none of my media players crash at all.
 
A google search revealed other's complaining of the same issue but they are a bit old.  How is this not a big issue affecting everyone else and being fixed?  Considering I used Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows 10 complete clean installed and this occurs the second Precision X is running, I don't see how this isn't happening to everyone.

Same here.

Same here...just figured out it was Precision X causing the issue. I reinstalled video drivers and was about to do a complete wipe/reload (that would have sucked). Initially thought it was my 970 GTX card and maybe my install of mega codec pack. But I tried going to older codec pack versions that worked on another machine (win 7) just fine (i'm also on win 7 now), and then tried VLC and tried media player and it they all crap out. No error, no warning, just a few minutes into playback they stop repainting and/or just crash without error.

I have the same issue, and I can confirm that latest EVGA Precision is causing the crash. Already did a clean install of Windows 10 / Video drivers / codecs / new players etc but it did not help.
Note that after uninstalling the application no further crashes appeared. EVGA team can you please take a look and see what can be done?
 
Some event viewer logs from a video player crashing:
 
Faulting application name: PotPlayerMini64.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x550bde3b
Faulting module name: PotPlayer64.dll, version: 1.6.55390.0, time stamp: 0x55b1ccdc
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000037e165
Faulting process ID: 0xd78
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0cfbfbc66962a
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\DAUM\PotPlayer\PotPlayerMini64.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\DAUM\PotPlayer\PotPlayer64.dll
Report ID: c3e38664-275d-416d-a499-312dbf6bec01
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
 
Faulting application name: PotPlayerMini64.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x550bde3b
Faulting module name: PotPlayer64.dll, version: 1.6.55390.0, time stamp: 0x55b1ccdc
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000037e165
Faulting process ID: 0x228c
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0cfb871aabf18
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\DAUM\PotPlayer\PotPlayerMini64.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\DAUM\PotPlayer\PotPlayer64.dll
Report ID: ead1f6a2-d594-467f-9f25-f0c63c5054ff
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
 
 
Hope this helps in resolving the issue FASTER, as I really like to use the application.
 
Thank you.

Same issue before.
I have lost 2 weeks searching the issue and formating 3 times Windows with no result.

Big thanks to Z-Knight, its worked for me.
Before all player was crashing after 5 min, i have downgrade Precision to 5.3.5 and no problem anymore.

I'm currently not using PrecisionX on Windows 10 to protect the hardware. I see all sorts of problems that are not present when the program is not loaded. Things like crashing media player and a huge leak in graphics card memory. Also setting a new GPU and memory speed does not have any effect.

Mole3
Yeah Precision X (even newest version) causes problems for me in Windows 7 64-bit... When playing a video file, the picture in video player window gets white bars on the top and bottom of it. Going to or from fullscreen causes the picture to disappear. Also EA Origin's in-game overlay doesn't work if Precision X is running (though Steam's overlay is unaffected). Also problems with video streaming from YouTube and Netflix (as well as others), unless you disable hardware acceleration. The craziest part about all this is, THE OVERLAY IS DISABLED in Precision X, so I don't understand why there's still problems. I even did a fresh install of Windows recently, still had the same problems with Precision X.
 
Uninstalled Precision X and installed MSI Afterburner, have confirmed zero problems with Afterburner. Without a utility like EVGA Precision X or MSI afterburner, the fan stays at a constant speed and could overheat under load, so it's necessary to have one. Sorry EVGA but until you fix your software, I'll be using MSI Afterburner. BTW why did Precision X become so bloated and the options become so cumbersome to navigate through? It was perfect before, which MSI Afterburner is very much like the original EVGA Precision (before the "X"). Please improve your software.

EVGA Precision X 4.2.1 was coded by unwinder the creator of msi afterburner, 4.2.1 was also the very last version coded by him, after 4.2.1 someone at evga took over. EVGA Precision X 16 is coded by someone at EVGA.

Have you added your media player to the server exclusion list?  After doing so, the glitches will stop.  Even if you're not planning on using the OSD, enable the OSD just to add your media player to the exclusions list.  After, go ahead and turn off OSD (if you don't want to use it), and your media player should work normally the next time you open it up.

NordicJedi
Have you added your media player to the server exclusion list?  After doing so, the glitches will stop.  Even if you're not planning on using the OSD, enable the OSD just to add your media player to the exclusions list.  After, go ahead and turn off OSD (if you don't want to use it), and your media player should work normally the next time you open it up.

I posted this in my last comment as a "temporary workaround", but unfortunately, I'm still facing the same issue. Only way to prevent it is by closing EVGA Precision. Can't believe It's been over a month now and they haven't fixed it. Uninstalling it and going for Afterburner.

This is fixed in 5.3.8

No video player crashes for me anymore, using PrecisionX 5.3.8.
 
Did have a weird issue in Mass Effect 3, the software monitoring keeps reading memory clock at 0mhz (both in overlay and in PrecisionX's monitoring graphs)... Which I'm pretty sure is impossible.
 
*edit* ^^This affected other games, happens after loading screens. It also causes the monitoring graph in the EVGA app to show 0mhz for memory clock as well. If the game is reloaded from a save the memory clock shows correctly again in both OSD and monitoring graph, for a while anyway.