From 59f5b1cadfc0cd998201d56ae642bbeda4bd1bc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:25:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix ffmpeg crash

---
 panda/src/movies/ffmpegVirtualFile.cxx | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVirtualFile.cxx b/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVirtualFile.cxx
index 7b274d97de..8dd6487cad 100644
--- a/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVirtualFile.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVirtualFile.cxx
@@ -378,8 +378,9 @@ log_callback(void *ptr, int level, const char *fmt, va_list v1) {
 
   if (ffmpeg_cat.is_on(severity)) {
     static const size_t buffer_size = 4096;
-    static char buffer[buffer_size];
+    char *buffer = (char *)alloca(buffer_size);
     vsnprintf(buffer, buffer_size, fmt, v1);
+    nassertv(strlen(buffer) < buffer_size);
     ffmpeg_cat.out(severity, true)
       << buffer;
   }