So this issue has been known of in Debian for a while now. I reported the issue today there: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=958865
but there was this earlier report from nearly a year ago: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=920485 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #958865 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=958865 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #920485 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=920485 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #920485 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=920485 ** Changed in: mplayer (Debian) Importance: Undecided => Unknown ** Changed in: mplayer (Debian) Status: New => Unknown ** Changed in: mplayer (Debian) Remote watch: None => Debian Bug tracker #920485 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1857407 Title: mplayer broken Theora codec: libmpcodecs/vf.c:287: vf_get_image: Assertion `h == -1 || h >= vf->h' failed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/1857407/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs