vlc 0.9.3 crash when opening files from mount

[rhwinter]

Hello there,

I have just installed vlc 0.9.3 and something nasty is going on. I have been using vlc for a long time with no problems (up to version 0.8.6i).
The files I usually read (mp3, avi, etc) are all on a computer mounted on my mac via MacFuse (core version 1.7.1) through SSH, using MacFusion (I tried both version 1.2 Beta 3 (1.1.268) and version 2.0.3).
I have just found out that if the "-o direct_io" option (in the "Extra Options (Advanced)" in MacFusion Favorites settings) is enabled, then VLC crashes on absolutely any file that I try to open from this mount.

Ok, so I could just turn that off, but the problem is I get terribly choppy playback.

Anyone having similar issues? Any ideas on what I can do? Is this a known bug (I'm assuming it is a bug, since it didn't happen before)?

Thanks for any help.

[euskir]

rhwinter, I dn't have MacFuse, so I can tell what's going on with your problem.

[The DJ]

Apparently in direct_io, mmap is disabled (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.fil ... .devel/949)

Since VLC uses mmap, that would explain things.

[rhwinter]

Apparently in direct_io, mmap is disabled (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.fil ... .devel/949)

Since VLC uses mmap, that would explain things.

Yes, it would explain things. But there is something I don't get: why wasn't there any problem with previous versions? Is mmap new in 0.9? Is there a way to disable it (or something similar)?

[The DJ]

Yes, mmap is new. You can disable it by using "Show package contents" when you select the VLC application in the Finder, and removing the Contents/MacOS/modules/libaccess_mmap_plugin.dylib file.

BTW. i don't know WHY something like this would EVER disable mmap. It is totally pointless, highly dangerous (it crashes applications) and thus should simply not be allowed to be user changeable.

[rhwinter]

hmmm!
Apparently it was something else...
Just installed vlc 0.9.5 and it works fine even with MacFusion's SSHFS "-o direct_io" option enabled.

Thank you all for the help anyway.