[MEncoder-users] Mencoder stops encoding after a few minutes

[RC]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 13:49:50 +0100
"Pierre Catello" <pierre.catello at gmail.com> wrote:

> But unfortunately, if mplayer plays all my DV file nicely, mencoder
> reports this message on the same files :
> 
> MEncoder dev-SVN-r21485-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team

> Seek failed
> ============ Sorry, this file format is not recognized/supported
> =============
> === If this file is an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please contact the
> author! ===
> Cannot open demuxer.

No idea from that small excerpt.  It could well be a typo in your
mencoder command-line.  

MEncoder dev-SVN-r20739-3.3.6 here, had no problems with it.