VLC is segfaulting with other codecs, too. Here is the last 50 lines of an strace of a failed VLC client session. According to the file utility, the source in this case is a "MPEG sequence, v2, program multiplex" although I get the same results on xvid, divx, and others.
Full-length straces and other debugging files available by request (they're about 215k). write(4, ";[EMAIL PROTECTED]@"..., 1432) = 1432 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 0 gettimeofday({1114399296, 657017}, NULL) = 0 write(4, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"..., 1240) = 1240 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [160]) = 0 read(4, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@\1\0\0\0\0\0\0004\0\320\1\32"..., 160) = 160 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 gettimeofday({1114399296, 666998}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 0 write(4, ";[EMAIL PROTECTED]@\1.\0"..., 2044) = 2044 writev(4, [{"[EMAIL PROTECTED]@\1\0\0\0"..., 2048}, {"\0\0\0\0", 4}], 2) = 2052 shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, 1024, IPC_CREAT|0777) = 139362310 shmat(139362310, 0, 0) = 0x4365d000 write(4, ";[EMAIL PROTECTED]@"..., 1500) = 1500 read(4, "\1\1N\7\0\0\0\0\2\0\340\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\340"..., 32) = 32 shmctl(139362310, IPC_64|IPC_RMID, 0) = 0 write(4, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]"..., 396) = 396 read(4, "\1\1Z\7\0\0\0\0\2\0\340\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\340"..., 32) = 32 shmdt(0x4365d000) = 0 gettimeofday({1114399296, 801557}, NULL) = 0 write(4, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]"..., 368) = 368 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 0 gettimeofday({1114399296, 808840}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 0 gettimeofday({1114399296, 810125}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 0 gettimeofday({1114399296, 831067}, NULL) = 0 write(4, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]"..., 1344) = 1344 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 2, 70) = 0 gettimeofday({1114399296, 908286}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1114399296, 909893}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 0 gettimeofday({1114399296, 911505}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 0 gettimeofday({1114399296, 948362}, NULL) = 0 write(4, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]"..., 1348) = 1348 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 2, 60) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call) +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]