VLC will crash if video size (resolution) is not standard when HW acceleration active

[John Tollendal]

Bug Report
VLC will crash if video size (resolution) is not standard when HW acceleration active (Video Acceleration (VA) API enabled)

uname -a:
Linux Gigabyte-965P-DS3 3.13.0-63-generic #103-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 14 21:43:30 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300@1.86GHz
Dram: PNY (4x2GiB) 8093 MiB

Graphics Processor: GeForce GT 610
Bus Type: PCI Express x16 Gen1
CUDA Cores: 48
NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 346.82 Wed Jun 17 09:47:58 PDT 2015

VLC media player 2.1.6 Rincewind (revision 2.1.6-0-gea01d28)

Target video 001: Crashes VLC

avprobe tytt_001.mp4
avprobe version 9.18-6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the Libav developers
  built on Mar 16 2015 13:20:58 with gcc 4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'tytt_001.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand : isom
    minor_version : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    title : tytt
    encoder : Lavf56.15.102
    genre : Classic
    description : Symphony Germany Sound Tracks
  Duration: 00:06:34.86, start: 0.063189, bitrate: 483 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(und): Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p, 640x426 [PAR 60563:51200 DAR 853:480], 577 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc
    Stream #0.1(deu): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, 5.1, fltp, 223 kb/s
    Stream #0.2(und): Subtitle: tx3g / 0x67337874
Unsupported codec with id 94213 for input stream 2

Target video 002: VLC Plays and uses HW acceleration

avprobe tytt_002.mp4
avprobe version 9.18-6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the Libav developers
  built on Mar 16 2015 13:20:58 with gcc 4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'tytt_002.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand : isom
    minor_version : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    title : tytt
    encoder : Lavf56.15.102
    genre : Classic
    description : Symphony Germany Sound Tracks
  Duration: 00:06:34.92, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 689 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(und): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 640x360 [PAR 2559:2560 DAR 853:480], 928 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 30k tbn, 59.94 tbc
    Stream #0.1(deu): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, 5.1, fltp, 223 kb/s
    Stream #0.2(und): Subtitle: tx3g / 0x67337874
Unsupported codec with id 94213 for input stream 2

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: vlc 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-63.103-generic 3.13.11-ckt25
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-63-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Sep 5 21:27:40 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-25 (1014 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-21 (380 days ago)

[Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher)]

Is this still an issue with 2.2.8?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for vlc (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]