[vlc-devel] [VLC] #2468: VLC 0.9.8a crahes when opening a mpeg2-file with .mod-extension.

[Pasi Sjöholm]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:17 PM, VLC <trac at videolan.org> wrote:
> #2468: VLC 0.9.8a crahes when opening a mpeg2-file with .mod-extension.
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>  Reporter:  tigeli    |        Owner:  courmisch
>      Type:  defect    |       Status:  closed
>  Priority:  normal    |    Milestone:  Bugs paradize
>  Component:  Demuxers  |      Version:  master
>  Severity:  normal    |   Resolution:  invalid
>  Keywords:            |     Platform:  Linux
> Difficulty:  unknown   |          Wip:  Not started
> -----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
> Changes (by courmisch):
>
>  * status:  reopened => closed
>  * resolution:  => invalid
>
> Comment:
>
>  It would make no sense to parse the file twice. This is a libmodplug bug
>  until proven otherwise. FULL POINT.

Blah, even mplayer is doing better job and not trying interpret files
by extensions but the data inside.
It's does not matter is it a libmodplug bug or not, VLC should not
crash to 3rd party bug when it could just feed the file to correct
demuxer instead of doing "the file extensions are cool". Whatever..