If you consider using SMPlayer as a workaround, I think you could better upgrade to VLC 2.2, which "solved" the problem for me: [quote] Install VLC 2.2.x in Ubuntu
Want to go hands on? You’ll need two things: awareness that these are development builds, and the VLC daily PPA added to your system software sources. Again, these are development builds and are not recommended for those who require a stable, bug-free media experience. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/master-daily sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc [/quote] source: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/vlc-2-2-add-ons-manager -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libav in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288206 Title: vlc crashed with SIGSEGV in memcpy() Status in the libav multimedia framework: Confirmed Status in “libav” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “vlc” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “libav” package in Debian: New Bug description: was playing and all of a sudden it stopped playing and my system froze. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: vlc-nox 2.1.2-2build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-15.35-generic 3.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Mar 5 11:31:42 2014 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vlc ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/vlc --started-from-file SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7f7d5cc25c70 <__memcpy_sse2_unaligned+32>: movdqu (%rsi),%xmm8 PC (0x7f7d5cc25c70) ok source "(%rsi)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%xmm8" ok Stack memory exhausted (SP below stack segment) SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: vlc StacktraceTop: ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libavcodec_plugin.so ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7 ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7 start_thread (arg=0x7f7d01d0c700) at pthread_create.c:312 clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111 Title: vlc crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-01-07 (57 days ago) UserGroups: adm autopilot cdrom dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libav/+bug/1288206/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
