Note that in my case remounting the share using NFS instead of Samba fixed the crash.
My exports line looks like: /var/storage/movies 10.2.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,async) My fstab line on the client looks like: powerserver:/var/storage/movies /media/nfs/powerserver/movies nfs soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,async,nfsvers=3,bg,actimeo=0,tcp If others find that playing the file locally or using NFS fixes the issue, this could be a Samba bug. -- VLC crashes when seeking in a mkv file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/78103 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs