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When I run a the command

$ mplayer vcd://2

on a VCD, it properly plays the video.

However if I run 

$ mplayer vcd://3

or 

$ mencoder vcd://3 -audio-preload 0.0 -o file.avi -mc 0 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2000

my system immediately freezes. Interestingly, the CAPS lock LED in my keyboard flashes rapidly.

I'm not actually sure if it's a non-existant track or not but having it crash like this bewilders me and it seems to me that is it the only viable conclusion. Has there been any similar cases?

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Yes, I have something very similar:

Yesterday I upgraded several machines to the kernel 4.14.11.

Now all machines with AMD processors (not sure whether this is the crucial difference) freeze with flashing CAPS lock LED when I start different programs (olwm, clock). I haven't tried mplayer because I have currently booted the 4.14.9 kernel.

By the way, after one or two minutes of LED flashing my machines rebooted automatically. In my opinion this is a kernel bug - and a severe one as well - for now I will stick to the 4.14.9 and wait for a new kernel.

dreb
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