Bug#853263: vlc: [~~opening non-existing file makes vlc go crazy

[Sebastian Ramacher]

Control: tags -1 + upstream
Control: forwarded -1 https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/5901

On 2017-01-30 22:19:29, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Package: src:vlc
> Version: 2.2.4-13
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
>  
>  Tried to open a file path from command line, entring file name from
>  memory. Like... vlc /tmp/hangme
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
>  
>  File name was incorrect... but it happens with any non-existent file.
> 
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
>  
>  vlc window opened but not displayed correctly (only frames) and a modal
>  error window opened (also no content, only frame) and my fans went on
>  (i.e. full CPU load on all cores). In the comand line, we see tons of
>  lines printed like those below. After some seconds some of that lines
>  also appear in the error window but the window is unresponsive. Killing
>  vlc with SIGINT is still possible, though.
> 
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> 
>  display of vlc error window with just one message and no dead-looping.
> 
> [00007fe08801bf38] core input error: open of `file:///tmp/boom' failed
> [00007fe0800822d8] filesystem access error: cannot open file /tmp/boom
> (No such file or directory)
> [00007fe088012998] core input error: open of `file:///tmp/boom' failed
> [00007fe0800827c8] filesystem access error: cannot open file /tmp/boom
> (No such file or directory)
> [00007fe08801bf38] core input error: open of `file:///tmp/boom' failed
> [00007fe080082d08] filesystem access error: cannot open file /tmp/boom
> (No such file or directory)
> [00007fe088012998] core input error: open of `file:///tmp/boom' failed
> [00007fe080083258] filesystem access error: cannot open file /tmp/boom
> (No such file or directory)
> [00007fe088010fe8] core input error: open of `file:///tmp/boom' failed
> [00007fe080083778] filesystem access error: cannot open file /tmp/boom
> (No such file or directory)
> [00007fe088012998] core input error: open of `file:///tmp/boom' failed
> ^C[00007fe080083c98] filesystem access error: cannot open file /tmp/boom
> (No such file or directory)
> ^CQObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread

Looks a lot like https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/5901 to me.

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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