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I can't figure out why this issue is occurring, I've been able to determine that any time I run kodi as its service user (which is a member of audio and video groups) and try to play a video it immediately crashes. If I run it as root then everything works exactly as expected. The entire settings directory is owned by the service user (xbmc), what's going on?

Running on Fedora 21[/code]

Here's the crash log:

Code:
############## Kodi CRASH LOG ###############

################ SYSTEM INFO ################
Date: Wed Jan 14 20:10:37 CET 2015
Kodi Options:
Arch: x86_64
Kernel: Linux 3.17.8-300.fc21.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 8 23:32:49 UTC 2015
Release: Fedora 21 (Twenty One)
############## END SYSTEM INFO ##############

############### STACK TRACE #################
############# END STACK TRACE ###############

################# LOG FILE ##################

20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Starting Kodi from RPM Fusion (14.0 Git:Unknown). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Using Release Kodi x64 build
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Kodi compiled Jan  6 2015 by GCC 4.9.2 for Linux x86 64-bit version 3.17.7 (200967)
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Running on Fedora 21 (Twenty One), kernel: Linux x86 64-bit version 3.17.8-300.fc21.x86_64
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: FFmpeg version: 2.4.5
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: WARNING: unsupported ffmpeg version detected
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Host CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220T CPU @ 2.80GHz, 4 cores available
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: /usr/share/kodi
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: /usr/lib64/kodi
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: /var/lib/xbmc/.kodi/userdata
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: /var/lib/xbmc/.kodi
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: /var/lib/xbmc/.kodi/temp
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: The executable running is: /usr/lib64/kodi/kodi.bin
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Local hostname: gaia.haiti
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Log File is located: /var/lib/xbmc/.kodi/temp/kodi.log
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
20:10:34 T:140661565991296   ERROR: DBus: Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.freedesktop.UPower was not provided by any .service files
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: load settings...
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Found 1 Lists of Devices
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Enumerated ALSA devices:
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:     Device 1
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : @
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : Default (HDA Intel PCH VT1708S Analog)
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra:
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 48000
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S32NE
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:     Device 2
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : @:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : HDA Intel PCH
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: VT1708S Analog
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 48000
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S32NE
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:     Device 3
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : HDA Intel PCH
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: HDMI
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_HDMI
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 44100,48000,88200,96000,192000
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_LPCM,AE_FMT_DTSHD,AE_FMT_TRUEHD,AE_FMT_EAC3,AE_FMT_DTS,AE_FMT_AC3,AE_FMT_AAC
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:     Device 4
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : HDA Intel PCH
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: SAM SAMSUNG on HDMI
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_HDMI
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 32000,44100,48000
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_LPCM,AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_DTSHD,AE_FMT_TRUEHD,AE_FMT_EAC3,AE_FMT_DTS,AE_FMT_AC3,AE_FMT_AAC
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml)
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0.
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Log level changed to "LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL"
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: CMediaSourceSettings: loading media sources from special://masterprofile/sources.xml
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
20:10:34 T:140661459601152  NOTICE: Thread ActiveAE start, auto delete: false
20:10:34 T:140661451208448  NOTICE: Thread AESink start, auto delete: false
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Running database version Addons16
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: ADDONS: Using repository repository.xbmc.org
20:10:34 T:140661435729664  NOTICE: Thread PeripBusCEC start, auto delete: false
20:10:34 T:140661427336960  NOTICE: Thread PeripBusUSBUdev start, auto delete: false
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Setup SDL
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Checking resolution 16
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Using visual 0x20
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: GL_VENDOR = Intel Open Source Technology Center
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: GL_RENDERER = Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Desktop
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: GL_VERSION = 3.0 Mesa 10.4.1
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION = 1.30
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_ARB_multisample GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_copy_texture GL_EXT_polygon_offset GL_EXT_subtexture GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_texture GL_EXT_texture3D GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GL_ARB_multitexture GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic 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20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Running database version Addons16
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20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Running database version MyMusic48
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Running database version MyVideos90
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Running database version TV26
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Running database version Epg8
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: start dvd mediatype detection
20:10:34 T:140661400286976  NOTICE: Thread DetectDVDMedia start, auto delete: false
20:10:34 T:140661565991296 WARNING: JSONRPC: Could not parse type "PVR.Details.Channel"
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20:10:34 T:140661565991296 WARNING: JSONRPC: Could not parse type "GUI.Property.Value"
20:10:34 T:140661565991296 WARNING: JSONRPC: Could not parse type "Setting.Details.SettingList"
20:10:34 T:140661154748160  NOTICE: Thread LanguageInvoker start, auto delete: false
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20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: initialize done
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Running the application...
20:10:34 T:140661146355456  NOTICE: Thread LanguageInvoker start, auto delete: false
20:10:34 T:140661154748160  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
20:10:34 T:140661154748160  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: starting zeroconf publishing
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: Webserver: Starting...
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: WebServer: Started the webserver
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: starting upnp renderer
20:10:34 T:140660763883264  NOTICE: Thread JobWorker start, auto delete: true
20:10:34 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: ES: Starting event server
20:10:34 T:140660631918336  NOTICE: Thread EventServer start, auto delete: false
20:10:34 T:140660631918336  NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on 0.0.0.0:9777
20:10:34 T:140660631918336  NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777
20:10:34 T:140660615132928  NOTICE: Thread JobWorker start, auto delete: true
20:10:34 T:140660623525632  NOTICE: Thread TCPServer start, auto delete: false
20:10:34 T:140660606740224  NOTICE: Thread AirPlayServer start, auto delete: false
20:10:34 T:140661400286976  NOTICE: Thread RSSReader start, auto delete: false
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20:10:34 T:140661146355456  NOTICE:  StorageServer Module loaded RUN
20:10:34 T:140661146355456  NOTICE: StorageClient-2.5.4 Starting server
20:10:37 T:140661565991296  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /media/Movies/John Wick/John.Wick.2014.720p.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-PLAYNOW.mkv
20:10:37 T:140661565991296 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: Thread DVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: Opening stream: 0 source: 256
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: Creating video codec with codec id: 28
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: Creating video thread
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: Opening stream: 1 source: 256
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86019
20:10:37 T:140659415566080  NOTICE: Thread DVDPlayerVideo start, auto delete: false
20:10:37 T:140659415566080  NOTICE: running thread: video_thread
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: Creating audio thread
20:10:37 T:140660594042624  NOTICE: Opening stream: 2 source: 256
20:10:37 T:140659407173376  NOTICE: Thread DVDPlayerAudio start, auto delete: false
20:10:37 T:140659407173376  NOTICE: running thread: CDVDPlayerAudio::Process()
20:10:37 T:140659407173376  NOTICE: Creating audio stream (codec id: 86019, channels: 6, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through)


############### END LOG FILE ################

############ END Kodi CRASH LOG #############
Not a Debug Log furthermore gdb is not installed, no backtrace.
I do have gdb installed, how do I generate a proper backtrace? I've enabled debugging and will provide the next crash log.
20:10:34 T:140661565991296 NOTICE: FFmpeg version: 2.4.5
20:10:34 T:140661565991296 NOTICE: WARNING: unsupported ffmpeg version detected

This is not vanilla kodi.
This is installed from the rpmfusion repository following directions from this page for installing on linux.
Quote:Unofficial Linux binaries that are un/semi supported by Team Kodi. These use internal ffmpeg libraries rather than system ffmpeg or libav, which is not recommended for XBMC/Kodi.
I fixed the wiki to make that clear:
Quote:Unofficial Linux binaries that are un/semi supported by Team Kodi. Most of those binaries use system ffmpeg or even worse totally untested libav, which is not recommended for XBMC/Kodi as we support ffmpeg only.
I've rebuilt the RPM with the builtin ffmpeg (without --with-ffmpeg=shared) and will attempt to reproduce.
(2015-01-15, 15:47)Ashex Wrote: [ -> ]I've rebuilt the RPM with the builtin ffmpeg (without --with-ffmpeg=shared) and will attempt to reproduce.

does it solve your problem?
It appears so, I haven't had any crashes since rebuilding the rpm.