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FS#52688 - vlc segmentation fault

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Tronje Krabbe (tronje) - Monday, 23 January 2017, 20:01 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Monday, 23 January 2017, 20:58 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
vlc seg-faults when attempting to play video files

Additional info:
* $ vlc --version
VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.3-37-g888b7e89)
VLC version 2.2.4 Weatherwax (2.2.3-37-g888b7e89)
Compiled by builduser on (Jan 21 2017 09:28:04)
Compiler: gcc version 6.3.1 20170109 (GCC)

* tested with mp4, m4v, mkv files. That's all I have.


Steps to reproduce:
Try to play any video file with vlc:
$ vlc some_video.{mkv, mp4, m4v, ...}
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Closed by  Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Monday, 23 January 2017, 20:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Using an unsupported freetype
Comment by Tronje Krabbe (tronje) - Monday, 23 January 2017, 20:02 GMT
possibly related: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/51371
Comment by Tronje Krabbe (tronje) - Monday, 23 January 2017, 20:26 GMT
vlc also tells me about some corrupt modules on startup, might be helpful?

$ vlc
VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.3-37-g888b7e89)
[0000000000dfde78] core demux error: corrupt module: /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/liblibbluray_plugin.so
[0000000000d2d088] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0000000000e5d5e8] core interface error: corrupt module: /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/gui/libqt4_plugin.so
[0000000000e5d5e8] core interface error: corrupt module: /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/gui/libskins2_plugin.so

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