VLC 0.8.6h crashed on screenshot function

[basti2k]

I have updated the vlc-player, to version 0.8.6h, and i would use, the "Screenshot-Function".

If I click on the "Screenshot" crash the VLC.

[Arite]

0.8.6h has not been officially released yet, use 0.8.6f:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

Arite.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Which one did you take ?

[Arite]

For your information the win32 build here (I tried the *.zip archive) crashes when taking a snapshot as basti2k said:
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videol ... .6h/win32/

Arite.

[Trax]

even with ffmpeg from version f

[basti2k]

The download-URL is: http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/video ... -win32.exe

[Arite]

even with ffmpeg from version f

Yes, it still crashes after replacing libffmepg_plugin.dll with the one from 0.8.6f. I also tried the 0.8.6f version of libpng_plugin.dll (not that that would likely be the cause) - still crashed. Finally I tried it will all of the 0.8.6f plugins and it still crashed.

Arite.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Gloups. libvlc issue ?

[Arite]

Yes - works fine using the 0.8.6f libvlc.dll.

Arite.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Argh...

Arite, would you be nice to test it with all plugins from 0.8.6h and libvlc.dll from f ?

[Trax]

Thxn for the report

Snapshot is fixed in the current 0.8.6-bugfix code and 0.8.6h final will be released shortly. Compared to the initial files that were briefly on the FTP server (which was not final) there are several enhancements:

* Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead to an unexpected application termination
* Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface, playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
* Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
* More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
* New Serbian translation
* Updated Romanian translation

Sometimes files are put on FTP to prepare synchronising with mirror FTP sites before a release. As always remember it isn't final until the announcements are made on the main site. In this case many websites blindly linked to and/or reported 0.8.6h final was out but that wasn't the case yet..

[Arite]

Argh...

Arite, would you be nice to test it with all plugins from 0.8.6h and libvlc.dll from f ?

That is what I did afterwards just to make sure the only 0.8.6f lib was libvlc.dll - it also worked fine.

Thxn for the report

Snapshot is fixed in the current 0.8.6-bugfix code and 0.8.6h final will be released shortly. Compared to the initial files that were briefly on the FTP server (which was not final) there are several enhancements:

* Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead to an unexpected application termination
* Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface, playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
* Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
* More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
* New Serbian translation
* Updated Romanian translation

Sometimes files are put on FTP to prepare synchronising with mirror FTP sites before a release. As always remember it isn't final until the announcements are made on the main site. In this case many websites blindly linked to and/or reported 0.8.6h final was out but that wasn't the case yet..

OK, good to know - thanks for the info .

Arite.

[basti2k]

I knew it, which is it a beta version, but if one so which does not test, one has perhaps such errors in the final version.

translated with babelfish

[Trax]

The place for test (beta) versions is the pub/testing folder on FTP. This 0.8.6h was not supposed to be a beta but the real thing (which is why the about box will show 0.8.6h and the file was on FTP already so I understand this can confuse some people) but it was revoked/pulled (broken snapshot being related) before an announcement was made, some additional fixes are now being included for the actual release.