[MPlayer-users] Mplayer crashing on mov file

[Corey Hickey]

Marcus Thiesen wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
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> Note: This is not a bug report, before you flame me, I just want to mention 
> that there might be something wrong.
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> Hi List,
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> when trying to play http://anon.moveon.speedera.net/08_large.mov
> mplayer comes down with a crash, all the other movs on that site work without 
> problems

Looks like a problem with ffmpeg svq3. You should send your mail to
ffmpeg-devel at lists.sourceforge.net

The workaround is to install the binary win32 quicktime codecs, if you
can, and use mplayer -vfm qtvideo

-Corey