[Ffmpeg-devel] Problem with mpeg4 encoding on OS/2: Non Monotone Timestamps

[Michel Bardiaux]

Paul Smedley wrote:
> Hi All,
> Just rebuilt ffmpeg on os/2 for the first time in a while, and have a 
> problem with encoding mpeg4 video.
> 
> A command line such as:
> ffmpeg -i monaro.mpg -vcodec mpeg4 -b 800 out.avi
> 
> Gives many errors like:
> error, non monotone timestamps -6535836193915 >= -6535836193915
> 
> and the resulting avi doesn't work.
> 
> A build from cvs 3 months ago doesn't show this problem.
> 
> Any clues why this might be happening?  Is there a way to check out 
> from cvs each build over the last 3 months to see when this broke 
> which might help determine why?

Maybe ffmpeg is not broken and the timestamps in the MPG really are 
non-monotone. Where did this MPG come from?

What happens if you demux and remux it before reencoding?

> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 


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