vlc crashed with SIGSEGV in libebml::EbmlMaster::FindElt() when seeking mkv

[hroo772]

Binary package hint: vlc

This crash occured while trying to watch a x264 .mkv file. The file plays fine on its own, but the crash actually occurs when trying to seek to another section of the movie.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 24 22:49:10 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vlc
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: vlc-nox 0.8.6.release.c-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCmdline: wxvlc
ProcCwd: /home/hroo772
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/hroo772/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: vlc
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 libebml::EbmlMaster::FindElt ()
 libmatroska::KaxCluster::GetBlockGlobalTimecode ()
 libmatroska::KaxInternalBlock::SetParent ()
 matroska_segment_c::BlockGet ()
Title: vlc crashed with SIGSEGV in libebml::EbmlMaster::FindElt()
Uname: Linux quad-monster 2.6.22-dsdt #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jul 24 20:56:19 EDT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:?? ()
libebml::EbmlMaster::FindElt () from /usr/lib/libebml.so.0
libmatroska::KaxCluster::GetBlockGlobalTimecode () from /usr/lib/libmatroska.so.0
libmatroska::KaxInternalBlock::SetParent () from /usr/lib/libmatroska.so.0
matroska_segment_c::BlockGet () from /usr/lib/vlc/demux/libmkv_plugin.so

[Linder (tobias-celenia)]

Just reporting I have the exact problem. Doesn't seem to happen every time, but occasinally.

[Philippe (pdias80)]

I also have the same problem.
VLC crashes when seeking in mkv files.

>vlc MyVideo.mkv
VLC media player 0.8.6e Janus
vlc: /build/buildd/libmatroska-0.8.1/make/linux/../../src/KaxCluster.cpp:303: uint64 libmatroska::KaxCluster::GetBlockGlobalTimecode(int16): Assertion `bFirstFrameInside' failed.
Aborted

[kirillkh (kirillkh)]

I'm seeing the same problem.
Hardy/x64/fglrx 8.50.3/

$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.6e Janus
vlc: /build/buildd/libmatroska-0.8.1/make/linux/../../src/KaxCluster.cpp:303: uint64 libmatroska::KaxCluster::GetBlockGlobalTimecode(int16): Assertion `bFirstFrameInside' failed.
Aborted

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

seems to be a bug in libebml

can someone please check if this still happens in ubuntu 8.10?

if yes, please do attach a testfile.

[Hew (hew)]

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