Bug report: 8K WEBM files crash Media Preview COM Surrogate
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:16 pm
8K WEBM files will crash Media Preview, tested in Windows 10. File explorer will hang if Media Preview attempts to thumbnail an 8K WEBM video file. "COM Surrogate" found to consume a large amount of memory and CPU time until the file is deleted.
Steps to reproduce: download this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k7a8bw451M
with youtube-dl, https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html
it will generate an 8K resolution WEBM file. observe thumbnail behavior in windows file explorer.
Steps to reproduce: download this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k7a8bw451M
with youtube-dl, https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html
it will generate an 8K resolution WEBM file. observe thumbnail behavior in windows file explorer.