[Libav-user] "java(1128, 0x700003430000) malloc: *** error for object 0x7fafa4068a00: pointer being freed was not allocated" error message is thrown upon calling av_write_trailer() in libavformat library while closing the file

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

2017-12-04 11:06 GMT+01:00 ravikiran.bs <ravikiran.bs at zohocorp.com>:

> I am using libavformat to mux audio and video streams obtained in
> RTP into a webm file. But while closing the file, I call
> av_write_trailer() which throws the error :
>
> "java(1128,0x700003430000) malloc: *** error for object 0x7fafa4068a00:
> pointer being freed was not allocated"

valgrind is usually helpful when seeing double (or wrong) free's.

Carl Eugen