Public bug reported: Example file: https://archive.org/download/Windows7WildlifeSampleVideo/Wildlife.wmv
$ vlc --version VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be) VLC version 2.1.4 Rincewind (2.1.4-0-g2a072be) Compiled by buildd on brownie.buildd (May 17 2014 14:52:46) Compiler: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; see the file named COPYING for details. Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file. $ gdb vlc GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.7-0ubuntu3.1) 7.7 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Reading symbols from vlc...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/63/a2c2e7d5b12db4ad69cc38da86622492649af9.debug...done. done. (gdb) run Wildlife.wmv Starting program: /usr/bin/vlc Wildlife.wmv [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be) [New Thread 0x7fffeba6d700 (LWP 6004)] [New Thread 0x7ffff7fd5700 (LWP 6005)] [New Thread 0x7ffff49f4700 (LWP 6006)] [New Thread 0x7ffff3771700 (LWP 6007)] [0x605118] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. [New Thread 0x7fffeb26c700 (LWP 6008)] [Thread 0x7ffff49f4700 (LWP 6006) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffe8462700 (LWP 6009)] [Thread 0x7fffeb26c700 (LWP 6008) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffcc5e7700 (LWP 6081)] [New Thread 0x7fffcbde6700 (LWP 6086)] [New Thread 0x7fffcb180700 (LWP 6095)] [New Thread 0x7fffca97f700 (LWP 6096)] [New Thread 0x7fffca17e700 (LWP 6097)] [New Thread 0x7fffeb26c700 (LWP 6159)] [New Thread 0x7ffff49f4700 (LWP 6163)] [Thread 0x7fffca17e700 (LWP 6097) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffe815e700 (LWP 6244)] [New Thread 0x7fffdc108700 (LWP 6247)] Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" [New Thread 0x7fffc8158700 (LWP 6308)] Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" [0x7fffa0001248] main vout display error: Failed to resize display [0x7fffb00009b8] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 300 ms) [0x7fffb00009b8] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called [vc1 @ 0x7fffa8c580e0] warning: first frame is no keyframe Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 0x7fffe815e700 (LWP 6244)] DecoderDecodeAudio (p_dec=0xffffffffffffffff, p_dec@entry=0x7fffa8c09f38, p_block=0x0, p_block@entry=0x7fffa8c5ef10) at input/decoder.c:1251 1251 input/decoder.c: No such file or directory. (gdb) c Continuing. [Thread 0x7ffff49f4700 (LWP 6163) exited] [Thread 0x7fffeb26c700 (LWP 6159) exited] [Thread 0x7fffca97f700 (LWP 6096) exited] [Thread 0x7fffcb180700 (LWP 6095) exited] [Thread 0x7fffcbde6700 (LWP 6086) exited] [Thread 0x7fffcc5e7700 (LWP 6081) exited] [Thread 0x7ffff3771700 (LWP 6007) exited] [Thread 0x7ffff7fd5700 (LWP 6005) exited] [Thread 0x7fffeba6d700 (LWP 6004) exited] [Thread 0x7ffff7fd6740 (LWP 6000) exited] [Thread 0x7fffe815e700 (LWP 6244) exited] [Thread 0x7fffe8462700 (LWP 6009) exited] [Thread 0x7fffc8158700 (LWP 6308) exited] Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. The program no longer exists. (gdb) q ** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1366400 Title: vlc crashes on wmv files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1366400/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs