Hello Jeff, you don't need any special equipment for xvidcap. You might want to try current svn trunk, though, and do the usual "./autogen.sh && debian/rules binary"
As for the platforms I've been talking about: Well, since the effect seemed different on various platforms we've tested some: AMD32 (Athlon XP) : works like a charm P4 3GHz (HT enabled with SMP kernel) : chrashes every so often (~1-2 times out of ten) AMD64 (Multicore CPU with SMP kernel : crashes (next to) every time My guess is that this is somehow related to higher CPU speeds and/or more fine-grained timings increasing the probability of this happening. Also, LinuxThreads or non-SMP seem to avoid this problem. I've read of a somewhat similar case (ages ago, though) where the error is due to individual threads !on different CPUs! getting a mutex at the same time. Dunno if this is the same here, too, though. Thanks for your help, Karl. -- get libpthread assertion on multicore CPU https://launchpad.net/bugs/60708 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
