[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Fix hang on demux of matroska files with 0byte-ints using 'mkv' demuxer

[Aurelien Jacobs]

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 06:28:39PM +0200, Sebastian Hagen wrote:
> Hello *,
> 
> Mplayer's 'mkv' matroska file demuxer has a bug preventing it from
> parsing integers with a length of 0 bytes correctly, even though those
> are valid according to the Matroska specs[1]. Thus, attempting to play
> mkv files containing such integers without explicitly specifying
> '-demuxer lavf' will result in an mplayer hang on demux.

What are you talking about exactly ?
'-demuxer lavf' is the default behavior.
And if you are using '-demuxer mkv', you are explicitly asking for
trouble...

Aurel