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

[Sebastian]

RC schrieb:
> 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.
> 
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Nice, thanks!

Do I have to do the first pass again after applying the patch? Or can I
just patch and recompile and afterwards do the 2nd pass without loss in
encoding quality?

Cheers

Sebastian