[DVDnav-discuss] Crashes when opening a .iso or .img that is incomplete

[Erik Hovland]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Janton Koster <janton.koster at gmail.com> wrote:
> I sometimes use VLC to play .iso or .img files i download.
> Sometimes these files are not yet full downloaded but then VLC crashes, ok
> not so strainge because the file is incomplete... but it bothers me that
> it crashes. I will try to attach a small part of a incomplete iso/img.
> I hope it's
> simular, i used hjsplit to cut the first 10MB from a .iso . When i open
> this file VLC also crashes, so i think it's the simular problem.
>
> Ok i just uploaded the 10MB file here:
> http://www.2shared.com/file/ft-2xtP1/test.html
>
> Assertion failure in libdvdnav.

A log of the assertion is way more helpful then a test file in this
case.

We will liekly ask you to try a patch. Which means running your
own copy of libdvdnav. Are you up for that?

> I guess the problem is,  libdvdnav want's to load a navigation menu
> that is not there (yet)
> If i remove libdvdnav.dll from VLC install directory, i can watch the content..
> Perhaps the same thing happends in Mplayer?
>
> Is this something that could be fixed?

Yes, but more information is required.

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