repeatable crash with 1.1.9

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repeatable crash with 1.1.9

Postby Kevitivity » 14 Apr 2011 22:25

I'm using 1.1.9 on Mac ( 10.5.8 ) and I've discovered an easy way to cause VLC to flip out and take 90% CPU.

Steps:
1 Click the Play button.
2 On the "Open Source" window that opens, immediately click Open without selecting a file.

Done. VLC is now using most of your CPU and the Play button is no longer functional. If you click on the stop button, VLC will start spewing errors in an endless loop while drawing black windows titled "keyedobjects.nib".

This particular way to break VLC has been around for may versions now.

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Re: repeatable crash with 1.1.9

Postby fkuehne » 15 Apr 2011 18:51

Thanks for reporting. Could give a few more details about your Mac? Is it PowerPC or Intel based? Are you using the 32 or 64bit builds, in case it is Intel-based?
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Re: repeatable crash with 1.1.9

Postby Kevitivity » 15 Apr 2011 19:54

It's relatively new Intel (Core 2 Duo) based MacBook Pro. VLC build is 32bit. I've seen this same behavior in Snow Leopard as well.

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Re: repeatable crash with 1.1.9

Postby fkuehne » 15 Apr 2011 20:04

I reproduced your problem and filed a ticket in our bug tracker. Feel free to subscribe to the bug, if you wish to be kept up-to-date. http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/4679
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Re: repeatable crash with 1.1.9

Postby Kevitivity » 16 Apr 2011 00:04

Thank you! VLC is great and you guys do a wonderful job.


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