VLC problem - won't start after installing skins

Hi everyone,
after installing some skins from the vlc website, I run into the following problem: VLC starts with two instances, CPU jumps to 100%, then VLC just dies. I've deleted the skins, changed the gtk theme, reinstalled vlc and did about a million other things, but the problem persists. Running vlc or cvlc from the terminal gives me the following message:
[0x14db9c8] skins2 interface: skin: subX  author: Martin Poehlmann
[0x231ebd8] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...
So apparently it still starts with two instances, but I have no idea why. There is no subX skin in the skins folder, everything looks clean. Any ideas would be really appreciated, as this is for me the best dvd player. Thanks!

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☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the page that opens.
Step 1
Enter the name of the crashed application or process in the Filter text field. Post the messages from the time of the last crash, if any — the text, please, not a screenshot.
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Step 2
Still in the Console window, look under User Diagnostic Reports for crash reports related to the process. The report name starts with the name of the crashed process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report and post the contents — again, the text, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

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