Comment 1 for bug 1272318

I tried to fix it with:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

Still got the same crashes. Here's the new info, this time showing ffmpeg version 7:0.10.9-1~saucy1

Kernel
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Linux razorback 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Architecture
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x86_64

OS Version
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Linux Mint 16 Petra
ffmpeg Version
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ffmpeg version 0.10.9-7:0.10.9-1~saucy1
built on Oct 18 2013 17:40:10 with gcc 4.8.1
configuration: --arch=amd64 --disable-stripping --enable-pthreads --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-version='7:0.10.9-1~saucy1' --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --enable-bzlib --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --enable-libopencv --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-vaapi --enable-vdpau --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-zlib --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-libcdio --enable-x11grab --enable-libx264 --shlibdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 51. 35.100 / 51. 35.100
libavcodec 53. 61.100 / 53. 61.100
libavformat 53. 32.100 / 53. 32.100
libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100
libavfilter 2. 61.100 / 2. 61.100
libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100
libswresample 0. 6.100 / 0. 6.100
libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100

openshot Version
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openshot 1.4.3-1

ffmpeg Version
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ffmpeg 7:0.10.9-1~saucy1

melt / mlt Version
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No LADSPA plugins were found!

Check your LADSPA_PATH environment variable.

Version libreria MLT
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ii libmlt++3 0.8.8-2 amd64 MLT multimedia framework C++ wrapper (runtime)
ii libmlt-data 0.8.8-2 all multimedia framework (data)
ii libmlt5 0.8.8-2 amd64 multimedia framework (runtime)

Version libreria libav
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ii gstreamer1.0-libav:amd64 1.0.10-1ubuntu1 amd64 FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
rc libav-tools 6:0.8.9-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 amd64 Multimedia player, server, encoder and transcoder
ii libavahi-client3:amd64 0.6.31-2ubuntu4.1 amd64 Avahi client library
ii libavahi-common-data:amd64 0.6.31-2ubuntu4.1 amd64 Avahi common data files
ii libavahi-common3:amd64 0.6.31-2ubuntu4.1 amd64 Avahi common library
ii libavahi-core7:amd64 0.6.31-2ubuntu4.1 amd64 Avahi's embeddable mDNS/DNS-SD library
ii libavahi-glib1:amd64 0.6.31-2ubuntu4.1 amd64 Avahi GLib integration library
ii libavc1394-0:amd64 0.5.4-2 amd64 control IEEE 1394 audio/video devices
rc libavcodec-extra-53:amd64 6:0.8.9ubuntu0.13.10.1 amd64 Libav codec library
ii libavcodec53:amd64 7:0.10.9-1~saucy1 amd64 FFmpeg codec library
ii libavdevice53:amd64 7:0.10.9-1~saucy1 amd64 FFmpeg device handling library
ii libavfilter2:amd64 7:0.10.9-1~saucy1 amd64 FFmpeg video filtering library
rc libavformat-extra-53:amd64 6:0.8.9ubuntu0.13.10.1 amd64 Libav file format library
ii libavformat53:amd64 7:0.10.9-1~saucy1 amd64 FFmpeg file format library
ii libavidemux0 1:2.5.4-0ubuntu13 amd64 a free video editor - shared libraries
rc libavutil-extra-51:amd64 6:0.8.9ubuntu0.13.10.1 amd64 Libav utility library
ii libavutil51:amd64 7:0.10.9-1~saucy1 amd64 FFmpeg utility library

in the screenshot attached you see my installed libavc* packets.