VLC crashes with GTK error

Binary package hint: vlc

On gusty, vlc very often crashes when I tried to add a new file in the reading list.

Trace:
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$vlc
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus

(.:23933): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_model_get: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_MODEL (tree_model)' failed

(.:23933): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text()

(.:23933): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_model_get: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_MODEL (tree_model)' failed (and many times this sentence)

(.:23933): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() (many times this sentence)

Segmentation fault
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I am on a AMD athlon PC, with a French Gutsy.

Thank