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+Thanks for reporting your issue. Please make sure these boxes are checked before submitting your issue - thank you!
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+- [ ] I looked for a similar issue and couldn't find any.
+- [ ] I tried with the latest version of GPAC. Installers available at http://gpac.io/downloads/gpac-nightly-builds/
+- [ ] I give enough information for contributors to reproduce my issue (meaningful title, github labels, platform and compiler, command-line ...). I can share files anonymously with this dropbox: https://www.mediafire.com/filedrop/filedrop_hosted.php?drop=eec9e058a9486fe4e99c33021481d9e1826ca9dbc242a6cfaab0fe95da5e5d95
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+Detailed guidelines: http://gpac.io/2013/07/16/how-to-file-a-bug-properly/