This bug was fixed in the package mediascanner2 - 0.108+16.04.20151109-0ubuntu1
--------------- mediascanner2 (0.108+16.04.20151109-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium * Move the metadata extractor to a separate process to isolate bugs in media codecs. (LP: #1508142) -- James Henstridge <james.henstri...@canonical.com> Mon, 09 Nov 2015 01:56:39 +0000 ** Changed in: mediascanner2 (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1508142 Title: Mediascanner crashes and loops on bad media (webm) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1508142/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs