OK, I ran VLC under Valgrind for several hours. Didn't get the crash this time, but in the logfile attached there are definitely messages about memory leaks.
** Attachment added: "Valgrind log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51745260/valgrind.log -- memory leak https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575460 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs