Bug#741240: vlc segfaults while playing MKV files

[Evgeni Golov]

Hi!

On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 11:12:19PM +0100, Steve Cotton wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:11 +0100, Evgeni Golov wrote:
> > vlc currently segfaults on me, when I try to play some MKV file with
> > 720p h264 (High) in it.
> 
> Have you tried turning hardware acceleration off?

Do you mean Preferences → Video → Accelerated video output (Overlay)?
Yes, just tried that, works fine now.

> With the same files, xine's UI locks up ignoring input (but the video
> keeps playing) when skipping through the file.

Xine works fine here, using it as an replacement currently.

> I'm using a Radeon graphics card (lspci info below).

Intel here...
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

Also happens with an older Intel GMA 4500 (I think, the one in the T400 
Thinkpad), don't have lspci for that at the moment.

Regards
Evgeni

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