[MEncoder-users] [BUG] mencoder fails to encode VOB file

[Jeff Clagg]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 08:26:38AM -0800, jay sig wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> When mencoder is invoked as follows it fails to encode
> the VOB file.
> 
>   for VPASS in 1 2; do
>     mencoder -ss 0:05:27.3 -endpos 0:0:0.53 \
>     -oac lavc -ovc lavc -vf crop=720:416:0:80 \
>     -lavcopts \
>     vpass=$VPASS:vmax_b_frames=2:vb_strategy=1\
>     /cdrom/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB -o out.avi; \
>   done

Before anyone complains that he didn't use official CVS (which I agree
he should have tried first), I can confirm that this fails using
yesterday's cvs with the same error.

[mpeg4 @ 0x874d0d0]warning, too many b frames in a row  A-V:0.005 [0:0]
mencoder: ratecontrol.c:672: ff_rate_estimate_qscale: Assertion
`pict_type == rce->new_pict_type' failed.
Aborted