Doesn't play FLAC files any more

[Uqbar]

[enzo@Feynman ~/Temp] file test.flac
test.flac: FLAC audio bitstream data, 24 bit, stereo, 96 kHz, 14605018 samples
[enzo@Feynman ~/Temp] mplayer test.flac
MPlayer 1.2.1 (Debian), built with gcc-5.3.1 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing test.flac.
libavformat version 56.40.101 (external)
Audio only file format detected.
Load subtitles in ./
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
libavcodec version 56.60.100 (external)
ADecoder init failed :(
ADecoder init failed :(
Cannot find codec for audio format 0x43614C66.
Audio: no sound
Video: no video

Exiting... (End of file)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mplayer 2:1.2.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-lowlatency 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Thu Apr 28 17:04:12 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-22 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: mplayer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jungle Boy (mowgli80)]

Any update on this?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[jedix (howlett)]

still broken in 16.04.2 LTS