vlc assert failure: vlc: searching.c:566: dvdnav_get_position: Zusicherung »(signed)*pos != -1« nicht erfüllt.

[Christian Prim]

1) Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
2) vlc 2.0.8-1
3) The film should play to the end
4) The video-rendering stopped abruptly

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: vlc-nox 2.0.8-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-11.17-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: vlc: searching.c:566: dvdnav_get_position: Zusicherung »(signed)*pos != -1« nicht erfüllt.
Date: Tue Oct 8 17:54:18 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vlc
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/vlc
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_CH:de
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_CH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: vlc
StacktraceTop:
 __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7fd08de02dc5 <Address 0x7fd08de02dc5 out of bounds>, assertion=assertion@entry=0x7fd08377f771 "(signed)*pos != -1", file=file@entry=0x7fd08377f765 "searching.c", line=line@entry=566, function=function@entry=0x7fd08377f870 "dvdnav_get_position") at assert.c:92
 __GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x7fd08377f771 "(signed)*pos != -1", file=0x7fd08377f765 "searching.c", line=566, function=0x7fd08377f870 "dvdnav_get_position") at assert.c:101
 dvdnav_get_position () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdvdnav.so.4
 ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libdvdnav_plugin.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.5
Title: vlc assert failure: vlc: searching.c:566: dvdnav_get_position: Zusicherung »(signed)*pos != -1« nicht erfüllt.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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StacktraceTop:
 __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7fd08de02dc5 <Address 0x7fd08de02dc5 out of bounds>, assertion=assertion@entry=0x7fd08377f771 "(signed)*pos != -1", file=file@entry=0x7fd08377f765 "searching.c", line=line@entry=566, function=function@entry=0x7fd08377f870 "dvdnav_get_position") at assert.c:92
 __GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x7fd08377f771 "(signed)*pos != -1", file=0x7fd08377f765 "searching.c", line=566, function=0x7fd08377f870 "dvdnav_get_position") at assert.c:101
 dvdnav_get_position () from /tmp/apport_sandbox_lq3223/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdvdnav.so.4
 Control (p_demux=0x7fd06019a8d8, i_query=0, args=0x7fd05739fce8) at dvdnav.c:451
 demux_vaControl (args=0x7fd05739fce8, i_query=<optimized out>, p_demux=<optimized out>) at input/demux.h:48

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[JB VideoLAN (jb-videolan)]

Fixed upstream for 5.0.2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package libdvdnav - 5.0.3-1

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libdvdnav (5.0.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.

  [ Dylan Aïssi ]
  * New upstream release
    - Fix two wrong asserts (LP: #1236939, #570790)
  * Remove 0001-dvdnav_get_position.patch, fixed in upstream.
  * Add minimun (>= 5.0.2) libdvdread version in d/control

  [ Benjamin Drung ]
  * Add new dvdnav_open_stream function to symbols file

 -- Sebastian Ramacher <email address hidden> Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:13:48 +0200