[MEncoder-users] 3 pass encode crash

[Trent Piepho]

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Kyle Schmitt wrote:
> Two and three pass encodes crash on the second pass,
> often very early with an error similar to this one:
>
> mencoder: ratecontrol.c:637: ff_rate_estimate_qscale:
> Assertion `pict_type == rce->new_pict_type' failed.
> Aborted
>
>
> vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=442:v4mv:mbd=2:trell:cmp=3:subcmp=3:mbcmp=3:aspect=1.33:keyint=96:vb_strategy=1:vmax_b_frames=2:vpass=1
>  -o output-pass1.avi lenni.avi

I get this same crash with with lavc encoding mpeg2, but only when I use
b-frames.  It might work if you turn off b-frames.