[MPlayer-advusers] mplayer crash when geometry changes

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 04:51:06PM -0700, David Hollister wrote:
> On 12/ 3/11 04:15 PM, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> >>>You should be able to just cut out a few MB at the transition point with
> >>>dd.
> >>>I think there's even a command you could bind to a key top make MPlayer
> >>>print the current file position in bytes.
> >>>get_property stream_pos
> >>>I think.
> 
> Yes, I had forgotten that MPEG-2 streams can be dissected like that.
> 
> I created a segment that's roughly 2MB in size.  You should be able
> grab it here:
> 
> http://wishingwell.homeip.net:8088/test.m2ts
> 
> I don't typically have this port open on my router, so please let me
> know when you've grabbed it so I can turn it back off.

Got it. Sorry, had some internet trouble yesterday (had to push
everything through my phone).

> >>>Would also appreciate if you could test my patch.
> >>
> >>I tried your patch, and it appears to work as expected.
> >
> >Good, I'll probably go ahead with that.
> 
> Great!  Glad I could help at least a little.

Applied, it definitely is a good idea to have, even if we should
come up with a better fix.