Comment 17 for bug 508

Last two comments are bug 61222 : undefined symbol: a52_resample
This happened every time you tried to run mplayer.
It's fixed by last mplayer package : 2:0.99+1.0pre8-0ubuntu5

The current bug (508) only happens when you actually use the a52 audio codec, like when playing dvd. It is also fixed by last mplayer package, but only workarounded by using mplayer's internal ffmpeg again, as it was already said by previous comments.

I told one mplayer guy about it, but he couldn't explain the issue (why a52 crash when using external ffmpeg), so I'm not sure if it's enough. It would probably be better to make an upstream bug report.

Or maybe it is ubuntu ffmpeg package which is broken ?
I hate it when bugs are just workarounded and people don't explain why, and when it will really be fixed.