[MEncoder-users] MEncoder lockups

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 10:44:39AM -0500, LavaDevil wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm using MEncoder to try to reencode DVDs or AVIs into other formats. 
> However, after about 400 seconds into an encoding, my machine locks up 
> hard, and I have to reboot. Sometimes it locks hard, sometimes X exits, 

Stop overclocking, fix the cooling system, whatever. This is not
mencoder's fault but broken hardware. Whenever a userspace program
causes a machine to hard-lock, the cause is ALWAYS broken hardware.

Rich