[Bug 502736] [NEW] VLC do not play movies from HFS+ partition

[mickie.kext]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: vlc

There is a long existing bug with VLC and Linux's HFS+ driver behavior.
It makes all VLC versions newer than 0.8.6 unable to play any video
located on HFS+ partitions. Basically, problem is with linux kernel HFS+
driver as well as VLC itself and fix requires modifications to both. As
a result, VLC recognize all files (on HFS+ volume) as folders and
refuses to play any of them.

Here is one thread on Ubuntu forums about the issue
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1073845

And here is one on VLC forums 
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=52379

Bug is easily reproducible, you do not need a Mac. Just follow three
simple steps:

1. Make one HFS+ partition with Gparted
2. Copy some video file on it.
3. Try to play it with VLC.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan  3 22:44:45 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: vlc 1.0.2-1ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: vlc
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64

** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: hfs+ vlc

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VLC do not play movies from HFS+ partition
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