[MEncoder-users] [mpeg4 @ 0x86f46cc]Error: 2pass curve failed to converge

[Corey Hickey]

Phil Ehrens wrote:
> Corey Hickey wrote:
>> Pepe wrote:
>>> El Martes, 24 de Octubre de 2006 23:17, Corey Hickey escribió:
>>>> ...meanwhile, between the second and third time I said the problem is
>>>> fixed in SVN, 1.0rc1 was released, with the fix...
>>> I've just downloaded 1.0rc1. It gives me an error when compiling:
>>>
>>> h264.c: In function `decode_cabac_residual':
>>> h264.c:6143: warning: passing arg 4 of `decode_significance_8x8_x86' 
>>> discards qualifiers from pointer target type
>>> cabac.h: In function `get_cabac_noinline':
>>> cabac.h:513: error: can't find a register in class `GENERAL_REGS' while 
>>> reloading `asm'
>>> make[1]: *** [h264.o] Error 1
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory 
>>> `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/MPlayer-1.0rc1/libavcodec'
>>>
>>> Why? All other previous versions compiled fine.
>>>
>>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/ --confdir=/etc/mplayer --enable-gui --disable-tv
>> This seems to have become a common issue recently; each time, I think, 
>> the problem was solved by making sure gcc was using 
>> -fomit-frame-pointer. I don't know if it is or is not there in your 
>> compilation, since you didn't copy-n-paste enough text. Go ahead and try 
>> to figure the problem out, if you can.
> 
> I just went through this, 15 minutes ago... It was solved by
> installing the latest daily snap of x264.

Really? That surprises me. libavcodec/h264.c and libavcodec/cabac.h are 
for ffmpeg's h.264 decoder; libavcodec/x264.c is the wrapper for x264's 
h.264 encoder. I see h264.c listed above, not x264.c.

I haven't actually encountered that problem, though, so I could be way 
off on this.

-Corey