[MEncoder-users] mencoder dies with "Assertion `pict_type == rce->new_pict_type' failed"

[RC]

On Tue, 10 May 2005 09:51:31 +0200
Sebastian <sebastian_ml at gmx.net> wrote:

> I'm trying to encode a video with lavc. The first pass already went
> fine, but the second keeps crashing. I'm using mplayer CVS.
> 
> mencoder dvd:// -dvd-device SO -nosound -vf
> crop=702:318:10:126,scale=640:272 -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vmax_b_frames=2:vb_strategy=1:vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=956:mbd=2:vlelim=
> -4:vcelim=9:vpass=2:qpel-o casino.avi -sws 9

You're using bframes, that's the problem.  This is also being discussed
in -advusers.

Attached is a patch that works-around it.
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: bframes.diff
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 2169 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mencoder-users/attachments/20050510/7a880a6a/attachment.obj>